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Brothers jailed for blackmailing married man over affair with prostitute

Stephen Dobson, 39, and John Dobson, 36, from Portobello, Edinburgh, had denied blackmailing the 55-year-old.

But a jury, who heard that they threatened to expose his relationship with a sauna worker, found the brothers guilty of extortion.

They were also convicted of attempting to extort £2,000 from another man.

Judge Lord Philip today said members of the public find the offences “sinister and disturbing” and he said he had to reflect their concern over the “particularly nasty crimes”.

Jailing them each for eight years at the High Court in Edinburgh, he told the pair: “You have both been convicted of crimes which, as far as I am aware, are not frequently met with in these courts, as other crimes are.

“They were crimes which ordinary people find particularly sinister and disturbing. There is a cowardly aspect to them as well.

“The victims of the crimes were, for one reason or other, vulnerable people – maybe because of their own weakness – but nonetheless they were vulnerable.”

The bank worker told the trial he was warned that if he did not cough up the money, the brothers would tell his wife about his regular visits to a sauna.