Affair lands young blackmailer in court

A young German student who blackmailed a Maltese married man with whom she had a brief affair, threatening to spill the beans to his wife, was given a suspended sentence after admitting her wrongdoing in court. Essoutouti Asia, the 23-year old woman, was arrested at a Paceville hotel where she was lodging after the police in Malta received a report alleging that the young lady had traveled to the island, demanding a €60,000 car from her victim against threats of disclosing compromising videos and photos to his wife. The woman was arrested and arraigned on Friday over charges of extortion, harassment, misuse of electronic communications equipment and possession of pepper spray. The prosecution explained how the Maltese man had met the young woman on a trip to Germany, the encounter ending up on an intimate level after the woman allegedly got him drunk, took his credit card and extorted €15,000 out of pocket in exchange for parting company without telling his wife. However, the woman later extorted more money from the businessman by claiming she was bearing his child, sending him an ultrasound scan belonging to her pregnant sister to back her claim. The prosecution explained in...