Protection Money Demands Trigger Prison Sentence

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A 38-year-old man from Bolbro in Odense has been sentenced to four months in prison for blackmailing a restaurateur.

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The prosecution says that the restaurateur was threatened with vandalism of the business if he did not pay 200,000 kroner in protection money. And it was an aggravating circumstance that blackmail had been committed against a businessperson, the Court in Odense subsequently emphasized. Therefore, they sentenced the 38-year-old man to four months in prison. However, the now convicted man appealed the case on the spot, the prosecution says. Receiv…