Overview
- Muaawiya Ameen, 21, was sentenced to 15 months at Derby Crown Court after pleading guilty to blackmail.
- Posing as a woman on Instagram, he coaxed a teacher into sending a sexually explicit video filmed in the disabled toilets at the teacher’s workplace.
- He demanded £1,000, accepted £400 paid via PayPal, and then shared the clip with students, which cost the teacher his job.
- The teacher tried to take his own life the night the video circulated, according to Judge Shaun Smith KC, who called the conduct wicked.
- Ameen has no prior convictions, his lawyer cited peer pressure and family support, and the victim remains anonymous under lifelong protections for blackmail cases.