Military officers and civilians detained in prostitution probe

Military officers and civilians detained in prostitution probe: "police yesterday detained about 40 suspects, including at least five military officers, in an investigation being conducted by the İstanbul Prosecutor's Office into a gang that allegedly documented the personal information of bureaucrats and military officers and recorded footage of them in compromising positions in order to blackmail them"

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How Paul Stretford has made a fortune from Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen | The Sun |Sport|Football

How Paul Stretford has made a fortune from Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen | The Sun |Sport|Football: "ALEX FERGUSON had a target in his sights as he faced up to the prospect of losing Wayne Rooney this week.
He complained: 'We're dealing with agents who live in the pockets of players.'
And the agent negotiating Rooney's imminent exit from Manchester United stands to pocket at least £2.5million from the move.
Paul Stretford has already made a fortune off the back of his most famous client, since acquiring the player's services eight years ago.
But behind the sharp suits and lucrative deals lies an extraordinary tale of gangsters, threats, deceit, lies, dodgy lawyers and blackmail.
As top investigative journalist John Sweeney sets out in his book 'Rooney's Gold', the fight for access to the England star's bank balance reads more like an underworld crime thriller than a sports biography.
The dramatic full story was finally revealed in a bitter court battle, which ended with Stretford being dismissed as an unreliable witness and subsequently banned and fined by the FA."

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Kent News - Blackmailers jailed after sending in 'Mad Jack'

Kent News - Blackmailers jailed after sending in 'Mad Jack': "blackmailer who sent a heavily-scarred bodybuilder nicknamed ‘Mad Jack' to collect £400,000 from a rival businessman has been jailed for two years and four months.

Lakhbir Bhana, 41, from Gravesend, ordered the henchman to obtain the cash from haulage boss Colin Basi.

Bhana, nicknamed ‘Lucky', co-conspirators Surjit Bhalla, 29, of Staines, and Ajmal Ellahi, 34, of Birmingham, and ‘Mad Jack', real name John Francis Phillips, 49, of Reading, were all found guilty of conspiracy to blackmail at Maidstone Crown Court on Monday, July 26.

They were all sentenced at the same court on Wednesday, October 20.

The court heard how the four men engaged in an elaborate conspiracy to obtain the six-figure sum from Mr Basi.

They were led by Bhana, the director of Dyneema, a Gravesend construction company that carried out works for Medway-based haulage firm KKB."

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Celeb blackmailed over 'sensitive' pics | The Sun |News

Celeb blackmailed over 'sensitive' pics | The Sun |News: "MAN has been found guilty of blackmailing an international superstar with 'highly sensitive' photos stolen from her home.
The celebrity received threatening letters and emails from Stephen Bennett, 24, demanding tens of thousands of pounds in cash for the shots.
It was reported Bennett used Facebook and Google to get in touch with the star.
The musician — who has a house in London — cannot be named because of a strict court order banning publication of her personal details.
The crook threatened to go public with 27 potentially embarrassing photos taken from her laptop"

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The Press Association: Tube death man 'was wearing women's clothes'

The Press Association: Tube death man 'was wearing women's clothes': "middle-aged man allegedly pushed to his death under a Tube train at King's Cross underground station was wearing women's clothes, sources have said.
He died after he was struck by a train at the station at 6.30pm on Monday, British Transport Police (BTP) said.
His companion was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. She had to be restrained by a fellow passenger until police arrived, BTP said."

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“instantly recognisable” celebrity received a series of threatening letters from the blackmailer demanding cash in exchange for 27 images

“instantly recognisable” celebrity received a series of threatening letters from the blackmailer demanding cash in exchange for 27 images stored on one of two Apple Mac laptops which were taken in a burglary at her London home.
The musician, who cannot be named for legal reasons, would have suffered enormous personal distress and humiliation if the photographs had been made public, a court heard.


She has taken out a court order banning the media from disclosing her name, age, nationality and whether she is in a relationship or has children. The exact nature of what appeared in the photographs has not been disclosed.
Sebastian Bennett, 24, was convicted of blackmail and handling stolen goods at Isleworth Crown Court on Monday following an investigation by Scotland Yard.
The unemployed fitness fanatic called himself Dave64 and Dave Smith during his blackmail campaign against the celebrity.
The ordeal began last November when the pop star lost her house keys, possibly during a trip to the local hairdresser’s salon.

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