Jail for ex-soldier who blackmailed his lover

A former soldier who forced his illicit lover to hand over £23,000 after threatening to expose their affair to her husband has been jailed for seven and half years. Peter Thompson, 49, met the woman while he was taking part in a drugs awareness course in Bromley, south London. Thompson, who served for six years in the Royal Logistics Corps, soon began asking the woman for cash to pay bills and rent after their relationship began, the Old Bailey heard….