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College student jailed for blackmailing woman
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-22 08:54

A college student in Beijing was sentenced to six months behind bars for extorting money from a woman he had sex with by threatening to post their sex video online.

The two met on the Internet last December.

The college student extorted 4,000 yuan ($585) from the woman in March. He then tried again to extort 1,500 yuan, but the woman informed the cops who arrested him.

A court in Chongwen district, Beijing, showed leniency toward the accused because he returned the entire sum of 4,000 yuan to the victim, who "forgave him".

(Beijing Morning Post)