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Stoke-on-Trent Live & Ria Tesia

Santa and elf duo plead guilty to blackmail after 'terror campaign' on 70-year-old widow and her son

A couple who blackmailed a man over a pay dispute went on to inflict a 'campaign of terror' on him and his 70-year-old widow mother. Daniel Collinson and his wife Kyrie, who raise money for charity by dressing up as Santa and his elf, told a terrified man they would "make his mum's Christmas hell" in a blackmail plot that left the man and his OAP mother living in fear.

Trouble stemmed from an argument over money when the man, who is unnamed, had his car repaired by Mr Collinson, 32. The disagreement spiralled out of control and saw Mr Collinson send aggressive messages, which reportedly took on a further sinister edge when Mrs Collinson got involved.

Messages sent by Mrs Collinson to the man appeared to be graphic, where she wrote in one alarming note that she would “have his balls on a plate”. As reported by StokeonTrentLive, he was told that it would be posted on social media that he had stolen from a charity,

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