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Updated: 13:11, Monday, 30 January 2012
A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison for blackmailing a former Dublin city councillor.
A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison, with 18 months suspended, for blackmailing a former Fianna Fáil Dublin city councillor using pictures of him allegedly taking cocaine.
Wesley Higgins, from Coolock in Dublin, attempted to extort €5,000 from Liam Kelly by threatening to give the pictures to a newspaper on dates in August 2006.
When Mr Kelly refused to hand over the money, Higgins sold the pictures to The Sunday World newspaper, where they appeared shortly afterwards.
27 January 2012
Man sentenced to prison for blackmailing former FF councillor
27 January 2012
Man sentenced for blackmailing Councillor
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