Blackmailed by my lover

A blackmailer who forced a drugs counsellor to hand over £23,000 after threatening to expose their affair to her husband is facing jail. The therapist met Peter Thompson, 49, while she was taking a course in Bromley, south London. Thompson soon began asking the woman for cash to pay bills and rent, the Old Bailey heard. At first the mum was happy to oblige but Thompson began to bully her by threatening to reveal their illicit romance to her husband….