He was jailed for 18 months, with half to be served, and made the subject of an indefinite restraining order. 'The implication was "pay up" or these intimate images would be revealed to the world.'Ĭollins admitted to blackmail and porn revenge offences between May 2020 and August 2020. 'Unfortunately, she had then been "taken in" by his hacking story and given him the photographs, two of which he later used to demand his £10 back. Unfortunately, you took this as a green light and you pestered her for further photographs. 'She thought that was a complete joke and gave a thumbs up. Once you had drawn her in you offered her £6,000 for "boob pics". 'Unfortunately, you were known to this young woman. The Lord Chief Justice has described it in the past as "murder of the soul". 'He fully understands the folly of his actions and that the impact on the complainant has been quite serious.'īut Judge Simon Hickey said: 'Blackmail is regarded as one of the most serious crimes.
Graham Parkin, mitigating, begged for mercy, adding: 'He still cannot explain the rationale or mentality of what he did. 'Asked why he had done it, he suggested he was not motivated by financial gain or because the complainant had rejected his advances.' He sent her sexual messages asking for naked images of herself. He took that as a green light to go further.
'She thought he was joking and sent him a thumbs up emoji. Once he had drawn her into the conversation on Facebook he sent her a message saying if she sent him a picture of her breasts he would send her £6,000. 'She jokingly replied he should send her some. He added: 'Then the defendant replied that he had access to tens of thousands of pounds and asked the complainant if she wanted some money. Mr Newman said Collins told police he had 'met the complainant a couple of years ago' and first messaged her on Facebook under a false name in September 2019, to which she replied with a wave emoji. 'I do no think I will ever be able to get over that sense of panic you first feel when the threat was made to send my personal images to people close to me.' 'I feel my personality has changed emotionally towards people I have known for years such as my acquaintances and family.Ĭollins claimed he could pay her tens of thousands of pounds for the revealing photos and offered £6,000 for a 'boob pic', York Crown Court heard What happened to me has had a devastating effect on my life in general.
'I lost my appetite and did not feel like eating. ''I could not sleep because of the worry my intimate images would be seen by other people. 'I could not understand why anyone, particularly a so-called friend, could do this to me. She said in statement read to the court: 'I feel upset and angry I had let this happen to me. The couple then contacted the police who arrested Collins and seized his mobile phone, which he had been using to target the woman. Throughout May and August Collins continued to pester her for the money and sent her two of the naked photos, threatening to publish them unless she paid. The young woman told her partner what happened and he took a screenshot of the message. Shortly after Collins sent a Facebook message to her new boyfriend saying 'she had screwed him and she had until 3pm that day to reimburse the defendant,' the prosecutor added. He later messaged her 'send me the pics and I will send money' as the woman realised she had been sent £10 via PayPal.
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In response, Collins sent her a full frontal of naked man which was supposed to him but was a fake image. 'Once she did that, he then started requesting naked images of herself and eventually the complainant weakened and sent the defendant ten pictures and videos showing her exposed breasts and genitalia.' Prosecutor Austin Newman said: 'Unfortunately, the complainant appears to have been taken in and the two started chatting via Facebook and he asked her to add him as a friend on Snapchat.
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