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Allegations
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A 30-year-old man tried
to extract $300,000 from his former babysitter over a historical sexual abuse
allegation telling him to "find the money or he would go to jail",
Nelson District Court was told yesterday. The man, who had
interim name suppression continued, admitted attempted blackmail and was
remanded for a pre-sentence report and victim impact statement to April 19. Police prosecutor
Sergeant Chris Stringer said the defendant went to the victim's Richmond
workplace on January 25. He asked the man to
come outside, and then accused him of sexually molesting him when he was
young. The victim denied the allegation. The defendent then told
him he would report the matter to police unless a total of $300,000 was paid
to him and an associate. "He told him to
find the money or he would go to jail." The threats were
reiterated on January 29 by cellphone when the defendant provided his former
babysitter with bank account details so he could deposit the money. When spoken to by
police, he admitted the facts and apologised. "He said he should
have gone to police in the first place rather than trying to get money out of
the complainant," Mr Stringer said The man re-stated his
claim the victim sexually interfered with him when he was younger. |
