A 15-stone prostitute who worked under the name ‘Curvy Candy’ has been jailed after she blackmailed a client by threatening to tell his WIFE about their sordid romps.
Jennifer Simpson, 31, also made a false rape claim against the married father, who she had been meeting for two years, after he refused to pay her £500.
A court heard lardy Simpson sent him a text while he was on a family holiday abroad in January last year demanding he give her £500 by the end of the day.
She contacted him again on May 1 and threatened to come to his house and tell his wife and business customers if he refused to give her the money.
The victim was so scared his wife and daughters would find out about his secret trysts he agreed to pay Simpson £400.
But weeks later on May 26, the mum-of-two, of Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs,. phoned his home landline at 6am and said she had a £1,200 drugs debt and was being threatened.
He hung up but admitted what was going on to his wife when she became suspicious and confronted him about the phone call.
The next time Simpson rang, the man’s wife answered and told her to leave her husband alone.
But undeterred, Simpson sent several texts to the victim accusing him of raping her and stealing her cash.
Police arrested Simpson the next day and she pleaded guilty to blackmail on a basis she believed she was owed money but accepted her demands were unwarranted and inappropriate.
She was jailed for two years and eight months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Thursday.
Recorder Tracey Lloyd-Nesling told her: “Blackmail is a very serious offence.
“It is aggravated by your persistence. In particular, you tried to make a false claim of rape.”
Prosecutor Steven Bailey told the court the victim met Simpson through an escort service and frequently met up with her for oral sex.
He said: “She was advertising as Curvy Candy. He last saw her in 2012.
“But while on holiday in January last year, he began to receive texts from the defendant, saying she was desperate and he had not paid.
“She said she wanted #500 in her bank account by the end of the day. He told her he was going to talk to the police.
“She next contacted him on May 1 and demanded £500. She said if he did not pay up she would go to his house and tell his wife and customers.
“He feared the consequences of the threats and feared his wife finding out. He agreed to give her £400.”
The court heard Simpson’s behaviour then escalated and she called him at home on his landline at 6am on May 26.
Mr Bailey added: “He answered. She told him she had a £1,200 drugs debt. He hung up but she rang back and said £400 was not enough.
“She said the people who she owed money had threatened to cut her legs off if she did not pay. He said he would pay up.
“His wife realised what was going on and he told her.”
After the police were called, Simpson sent the man several texts claiming he had raped her and said she was going to tell the police.
Stuart Muldoon, defending, said Simpson acted “out of desperation”.
He told the court she started working in the sex industry after losing contact with her children.
A neighbour of Simpson said: “I had no idea she was a prostitute. She kept herself to herself.
“You couldn’t really miss her though because she was a big girl. She must have been at least 15 stone but that obviously didn’t put her punters off.”
