A 24-year-old mother who extorted money from victims by distributing intimate photographs and subsequently claiming to be an underage girl has been handed a suspended prison sentence at Grimsby Crown Court.
Demi Sweatman, alongside her former partner Charlie Anderson, 22, used social media and dating platforms to lure targets before demanding cash under the threat of exposing them to their families. Despite a judge condemning the operation as 'disgraceful and nasty', the mother-of-three avoided immediate custody after providing prosecution evidence that led to Anderson's conviction.
