Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard 'victim of blackmail plot'

                                                                          
        Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was the target of a blackmail plot after a street bust-up was caught on CCTV and taken by a police officer, a court heard today.
       The ex-England star had been celebrating his Anfield testimonial with pals at a bar near his home in Formby, Merseyside, when a dispute with another group spilled outside in August last year.A court was told how cop Helen Jones flashed her warrant card at a Lloyds Bank a few days later to obtain the footage.The trial also heard that Gerrard, 34, who acted as peacemaker in the scuffle, began receiving demands from Paul Lloyd, who was involved in the fracas. Jones, 33, from Kent, who worked for Merseyside Police for eight years, was arrested for conspiracy to commit blackmail.
     The blackmail charge was dropped but she admitted misconduct.She admitted taking the disc, saying she “acted out of concern” for a person claiming to have been assaulted by a group that included a “well-known ­individual”.She claimed: “I had been assured there was no intent to use any evidence criminally.”A trial at Preston crown court into whether her conduct was for “criminal purposes” continues.Via mirror uk




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