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PAIR ACCUSED OF ROYAL BLACKMAIL BID

Thursday December 20,2007

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Two men are due to appear at the Old Bailey accused of a blackmail plot involving a member of the Royal Family.

Ian Strachan, 30, and Sean McGuigan, 40, are charged with blackmail contrary to S21 of the Theft Act 1968, alleging they made demands with menaces.

They are accused of trying to extract money from an undercover police officer posing as a representative of a junior royal.

The royal, who cannot be named for legal reasons, did not know the defendants and is not expected to be a witness in the case.

Strachan, of Chelsea, west London, and McGuigan, of Battersea, south London, are remanded in custody.

ROYAL SPOILS

20.12.07, 12:32pm

I feel sorry for Viscount Linley

• Posted by: Expressdownunder • Report Comment

ONE LAW FOR THE RICH!

20.12.07, 11:48am

I find it odd that these two men have been held in custody over this yet time and again very dangerous criminals are let out on bail?

Now I don't know the two defendants but they don't sound like dangerous, hardened criminals to me. Their crime is against a Royal of course.

If their crime had been against me, as an ordinary man, do you really think they'd be held on remand? I don't think so.

Seems to me a case of one law for the rich (i.e. a Royal) and one for everyone else.

Are they keeping these two locked up just because they know something about a Royal? Even I know, by the way, which particular Royal was being blackmailed as it was plastered all over US web sites a month or so back. So why frankly the big secret??

• Posted by: Robertocarlo • Report Comment