22 October 2009

Couple blackmail Muslim girl over Western dress

A couple blackmailed a Muslim girl by threatening to show her family pictures of her in Western dress. The woman, in her 20s, wore a veil in public in line with her parents' strict beliefs. But she changed into a T-shirt and jeans for an "innocent" but secret seaside day trip with Emal Ismaeli and Joanne Richards.

The couple took snaps of their Muslim friend in casual clothes. One apparently showed her with her arms around a man. A court heard that at the time of the blackmail Miss X lived at home and was engaged to a man from her community. [Daily Mirror] Read more