(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to three months in jail for blackmailing a woman into paying him Dh6,500 after threatening to circulate and send her private photographs to her brothers.
The Emirati, who met the 25-year-old complainant in a shopping mall where they exchanged mobile numbers, fooled her that he wanted to marry her and made her send him her photos.
He faced, in the Court of First Instance, the charges of threatening to commit a crime, abuse of telecommunications to harass others and for an illegitimate purpose, and blackmailing others to pay him money.
He denied in court the blackmail charge but admitted the other charges.
The woman said in the investigation that she had fallen in love with the defendant after meeting him in a mall. She sent him three photos upon his request to show to his mother. He told her about a week later that his mother disapproved of their marriage.
He managed to extort a total of Dh6,500 from her after threatening to hand her photos to her brothers to disgrace her.
"He stopped harassing me for few months. But then called me and told me to pay him Dh25,000 and blackmailed me with the same threat".
She sought the help of the Dubai Police's Al Ameen service and he called her later telling her to drop her accusations.
"He said he was not scared. He even came to our house and told the maid to call on one of my brothers".
When he sent her a text message with the same threat, she complained in person at Al Rashidiya Police Station.
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