Teacher Falls Victim to Blackmailer Posing as Woman, Faces Job Loss After Explicit Video Shared with Students

A BLACKMAILER has been jailed for luring a male teacher into sharing a sexual video before getting him sacked by sharing the clip with students.

Muaawiya Ameen’s victim was fired from his job and attempted to take his own life after he was blackmailed by the 21-year-old.

Ameen was jailed for 15 months at Derby Crown Court Credit: Alamy The seedy blackmailer posed as a woman and persuaded his victim to send him an explicit video Credit: Derbyshire Police

A prosecutor told the that the teacher had contacted an account he believed to be a woman and the conversation quickly turned sexual.

Images were shared between the teacher and the Instagram account before Ameen’s victim sent footage of himself carrying out a sexual act in the disabled toilets of his workplace.

Ameen, still posing as a woman online, agreed to video call with the teacher but this never happened.

The blackmailer then went on to demand payment of £1,000 to stop him from sharing the footage.

The teacher paid £400 via in a desperate bid to stop the footage from being shared before contacting the the same day.

Despite being paid by his desperate victim the seedy blackmailer shared the footage with the teacher’s students.

The victim, who has lifelong anonymity as a victim of blackmail, was dismissed from his place of work as a result and he later attempted to take his own life.

Ameen, of Allenton, , was jailed for 15 months for his crimes after to blackmail.

Judge Shaun Smith KC said: “The fact of the matter was this was wicked behaviour and led to a man losing his job.

“He went through all of the worries about his privacy, reputation and personal safety.

“Even when the was paid you still sent it out with all of the students looking at it.

“He was finished in his job but worst of all, on the very night it was published, he tried to take his own life.

“Thankfully someone called him by chance and he says that saved his life.

“You know what you were doing and you achieved it.”

His victim made a statement in court, telling how he contemplated suicide and suffered immense emotional stress because of the episode.

In , Ameen’s defence said the 21-year-old acted in error under pressure as he tried to fit in with people he thought were his friends.

, Joseph Chivayo said: “He fully accepts his actions were wrong and he is responsible.

“He works part-time on a family business and there is a reference from his employer which speaks of his hard work.

“He has the support of his family and his father sits in today. This has been a learning experience for him.”

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