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Two men convicted of trying to blackmail member of UK Royal family
Ian Strachan, 31, and Sean McGuigan, 41, were found guilty of attempting to blackmail the royal, who cannot be identified. for 50,000 pounds ($98,390) after failing to sell the story to a number of national newspapers.
- Agencies
- Published: 19:54 May 2, 2008
London: Two men were convicted on Friday of trying to blackmail a member of the royal family with an audio recording featuring claims he had performed a gay sex act on an employee.
Ian Strachan, 31, and Sean McGuigan, 41, were found guilty of attempting to blackmail the royal, who cannot be identified,
for 50,000 pounds ($98,390) after failing to sell the story to a number of national newspapers.
Despite the pair denying making an unwarranted demand with menaces, the Old Bailey jury convicted them after less than a day of deliberations. Sentence will take place later on Friday.
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