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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

Man jailed for missing pet scam blackmailed victim again days after release

Brandon Woolveridge, who had been released on 11 or 12 September.
Brandon Woolveridge reoffended less than two weeks after his early release. Photograph: Cumbria Police

A man who was let out of prison under the government’s early release scheme, after being jailed for blackmailing people over their missing pets, went on to blackmail one of his previous victims within a fortnight of being freed.

Brandon Woolveridge, 25, had been jailed for 42 months at Preston crown court in October last year. On Friday, he was jailed for 27 months at the same court for what judge Heather Lloyd described as offence with an “identical modus operandi”.

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