COWARDS! Judge's blast at hooker case blackmailers.Byline: Brian Horne TWO thugs who blackmailed a banker over his affair with a hooker were branded cowards by a judge yesterday and jailed for eight years each. Brothers Stephen and John Dobson John Dobson could refer to:
They also held a knife to his neck, threatened to cut off one of his fingers, and told him they would rape his wife in front of their kids if he didn't give them pounds 10,000. The Dobsons forced the terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. man to drive them to a bank and take out a pounds 10,000 loan. They waited for him in the lobby before collecting the cash in bundles of pounds 50 notes. Judge Lord Philip told the blackmailers: "These are crimes ordinary people find particularly sinister and disturbing and there is a cowardly aspect to them as well." Stephen Dobson was the boyfriend of the hooker, Catherine Purcel, who called herself Cindy.. Purcell told the High Court in Edinburgh that the 55-year-old banker was her client for three and a half years at a sex sauna in Leith. She said he offered to set up home with her, showered her with gifts and even gave her money to buy heroin. He also did her shopping, drove her to and from work, and mowed her lawn. Pervert Purcell described the banker as a pest and a pervert - but also a nice guy. He sat next to his wife in court as she gave evidence. The vice girl was arrested while in bed with Stephen Dobson and accused of being part of the plot. The charges were later dropped. Stephen Dobson and his 36year-old brother made menacing phone calls to the banker last October, then threatened him with a knife at a meeting in Musselburgh, East Lothian East Lothian (lō`thēən), council area (1993 est. pop. 85,640), 262 sq mi (677 sq km), and former county, SE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of East Lothian became (1975) part of the new Lothian region, . They forced the man to drive them to Edinburgh and take out the loan, then went straight to a clothes shop and spent pounds 640 on designer gear. Police were called after the banker told his bosses about the plot. The Dobsons, of William Jamieson Place, Portobello, Edinburgh, denied extortion extortion, in law, unlawful demanding or receiving by an officer, in his official capacity, of any property or money not legally due to him. Examples include requesting and accepting fees in excess of those allowed to him by statute or arresting a person and, with but were were found guilty by majority. They were also convicted of trying to extort To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of pounds 2000 from another man after threatening him with a knife. Stephen Dobson's lawyer, Jim Keegan, said his client was on drugs at the time of the offences. Susan Duff, for John Dobson, said he was sorry for his crimes. CAPTION(S): EVIDENCE: Purcell PREDATORS: John Dobson, above, and brother Stephen |
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