Katie Hopkins describes impact of blackmail campaign as Hutchings receives suspended sentence
Crime · First reported 30 Oct, 16:27 · Updated 16:52
Katie Hopkins told a court the campaign against her and venues hosting her shows affected her wellbeing and income. Oliver Hutchings received a two-year suspended prison sentence.
- Hutchings was found guilty of four blackmail charges arising from efforts to get venues to cancel Hopkins’s performances.
- Hopkins told the court that 27 venues cancelled shows and estimated her financial losses at £350,000 to £450,000.
- The judge imposed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years; Hutchings was also fined and given a three-year restraining order.
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- Defendant
- Oliver Hutchings
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- Four blackmail charges
- Sentence
- Two years’ imprisonment, suspended for two years
- Hopkins’s estimated losses
- £350,000 to £450,000
- Cancelled shows
- Hopkins said 27 venues cancelled
- Restraining order
- Three years
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