{"id":24444,"date":"2015-08-22T00:16:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T04:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/"},"modified":"2015-08-22T00:16:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T04:16:20","slug":"gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gay couple<\/a> jailed for blackmailing married man<\/a> on Grindr<\/b><\/p>\n

A gay<\/a> couple<\/a> have been given jail terms after they blackmailed and threatened to expose a married man<\/a> they met on a gay<\/a> hookup app.<\/p>\n

Daniel Edwards, 29, and Kristofer Wagner, 30, was jailed for two years and 10 months, and one year and eight months respectively.<\/p>\n

They admitted blackmailing the man<\/a> whom they met on Grindr.<\/p>\n

Swindon Crown Court heard Edwards exchanged explicit pictures and messages with the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and then asked if he was married.<\/p>\n

When the victim said he was married to a woman<\/a>, Edwards demanded £2,000 or he would forward the messages and pictures to his wife.<\/p>\n

The man<\/a> agreed to pay £1,500 and arranged to meet Edwards who was accompanied by Wagner in a car.<\/p>\n

The victim called police soon after.<\/p>\n

Following the sentence, Kate Lewis, senior crown prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service in Wessex, said the case shows that ‘homophobia can exist even in a situation where it is least expected.’<\/p>\n

‘The defendants understood the sensitivity<\/a> of the victim’s situation and cruelly used this against him,’ she was quoted by the BBC as saying.<\/p>\n

‘There is no doubt that Daniel Edwards specifically targeted his victim, first by going on a gay<\/a> dating website and secondly by determining whether the victim was married in order to blackmail him.<\/p>\n

‘The CPS according to its policy treated the case as a homophobic hate crime because Daniel Edwards threatened to ‘out’ the victim if he refused to pay the sum of money demanded.<\/p>\n

‘He knew the harm it would cause to the victim and his family.<\/p>\n

‘We considered the case as a homophobic hate crime because of the perception that the defendants were motivated by hostility towards the victim because of his sexuality.’<\/p>\n

The post Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr<\/a> appeared first on Gay Star News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sylvia Tan<\/p>\n

www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gay couple<\/a> jailed for blackmailing married man<\/a> on Grindr A gay<\/a> couple<\/a> have been given jail terms after they blackmailed and threatened to expose a married man<\/a> they met on a gay<\/a> hookup app. Daniel Edwards, 29, and Kristofer Wagner, 30, was jailed for two years and 10 months, and one year and eight months … Continue reading Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man<\/a> on Grindr<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nGay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr A gay couple have been given jail terms after they blackmailed and threatened to expose a married man they met on a gay hookup app. Daniel Edwards, 29, and Kristofer Wagner, 30, was jailed for two years and 10 months, and one year and eight months … Continue reading Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-22T04:16:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"GayFriendschat.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gayfriendschat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gayfriendschat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GayFriendschat.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"GayFriendschat.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f\"},\"headline\":\"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-22T04:16:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-22T04:16:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\",\"description\":\"LGBT BLOG\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GayFriendsChat.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Logo.jpg\",\"width\":243,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GayFriendsChat.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/gayfriendschat\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f\",\"name\":\"GayFriendschat.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GayFriendschat.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/author\\\/gayfriendschat-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","og_description":"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr A gay couple have been given jail terms after they blackmailed and threatened to expose a married man they met on a gay hookup app. Daniel Edwards, 29, and Kristofer Wagner, 30, was jailed for two years and 10 months, and one year and eight months … Continue reading Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr →","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/","og_site_name":"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","article_published_time":"2015-08-22T04:16:20+00:00","author":"GayFriendschat.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gayfriendschat","twitter_site":"@gayfriendschat","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GayFriendschat.com","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/"},"author":{"name":"GayFriendschat.com","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f"},"headline":"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr","datePublished":"2015-08-22T04:16:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/"},"wordCount":346,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/","name":"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-08-22T04:16:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-couple-jailed-for-blackmailing-married-man-on-grindr\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gay couple jailed for blackmailing married man on Grindr"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/","name":"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","description":"LGBT BLOG","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization","name":"GayFriendsChat.com","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg","width":243,"height":96,"caption":"GayFriendsChat.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/gayfriendschat"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f","name":"GayFriendschat.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"GayFriendschat.com"},"url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/author\/gayfriendschat-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}