Overview
- Demi Sweatman, 24, pleaded guilty to two counts of blackmail and received an 11‑month sentence suspended for 18 months, plus 15 rehabilitation days and 100 hours of unpaid work.
- After Sweatman provided evidence, Charlie Anderson, 22, pleaded guilty to money laundering and was given 16 months suspended for two years with 10 rehabilitation days and 100 hours of unpaid work.
- Prosecutors said Sweatman sold explicit images online, then falsely claimed she was 15 and threatened to tell family and friends to coerce further payments.
- One victim paid £1,150 and a student paid £290, with £500 of the funds routed into Anderson’s account.
- The offending traced to a May 2023 Instagram post and an October 2024 Facebook Dating post, and the court heard both victims suffered anxiety after Humberside Police arrested the pair during the investigation.