A landlord, who threatened to post naked pictures of a tenant's wife on the internet if he did not pay arrears of £350, was jailed for eight months yesterday.
Bus driver Mark Mamerga, 36, of Alton Road, Croydon had seized tenant Lubos Osuch's laptop in lieu of payment and after finding the nude photos said he would distribute them online, identifying the victim's wife.
The father-of-two pleaded guilty at Croydon Crown Court (pictured) to blackmailing Mr. Osuch between May 12 and 19, last year.
Recorder Stuart Trimmer QC told the first-time offender: "This is not a threat to embarrass just the person who is not paying, but that threat to expose the whole family has put great pressure on the victim and his wife.
"If you threaten to put pictures of the man's naked wife on the internet then you can expect she will not be best pleased about that.
"Blackmail is a serious offence and there must be a level of deterrent.
"This course of conduct must have involved considerable distress, not only to the man who was not paying, but also to his family.
"They were put under strain by your threats to expose the female partner to ridicule by placing an image of her naked body on the internet.
"You were going to hold this family up to ridicule."
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