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A TEENAGE blackmailer ran a bogus gay sex chatline from his bedroom in his mum's flat - and forced 10 men to pay him nearly £90,000.
Kelz Sutherland, 19, tried to lure callers into talking about sex with children before threatening to play tapes of the calls to their families, employers and the police.
He talked in one voice as he set out to trap victims, then switched to another and claimed to be the line's "monitor" or "moderator" before making his threats.
The scheming teenager ordered the terrified men to pay thousands of pounds each to have their calls "deleted from the system".
The cash was paid into the bank account of Sutherland's mother.
Sutherland extorted a total of £87,700 from callers including teachers and a company secretary with a charity.
One man paid him £34,000 in three months and another handed over £24,000 in just a month.
Kelz Sutherland, 19, tried to lure callers into talking about sex with children before threatening to play tapes of the calls to their families, employers and the police.
He talked in one voice as he set out to trap victims, then switched to another and claimed to be the line's "monitor" or "moderator" before making his threats.
The scheming teenager ordered the terrified men to pay thousands of pounds each to have their calls "deleted from the system".
The cash was paid into the bank account of Sutherland's mother.
Sutherland extorted a total of £87,700 from callers including teachers and a company secretary with a charity.
One man paid him £34,000 in three months and another handed over £24,000 in just a month.
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