Owen Cowdell, 20, appeared at Northampton Crown Court
A Northampton Tinder and Snapchat catfisher, who went under the name 'Bella', extorted £250 from man. On March 7, 2021, Northamptonshire Police was contacted by a man reporting that he was being blackmailed.
The ‘woman’ then asked him to send intimate images, which he did. When she then asked for more cash and the victim refused, he was told the person he had been chatting with was a 15-year-old girl. After admitting the offence at a hearing in June, he returned to Northampton Crown Court on August 18 for sentence. Cowdell, of Woodside Way, Kings Heath, Northampton, was given a nine-month custodial sentence, suspended for 18 months.
The scammer was also ordered to pay £250 compensation to the victim within three months, and to pay a victim surcharge of £156. Investigating officer PC Cole, of Wellingborough Response, said: “The victim in this case did absolutely the right thing in reporting Cowdell’s demands and threats to us.
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