A mother-of-three attempted to trick police and Interpol into arresting her French ex-lover by claiming she had been the victim of a £65,000 international extortion plot. The multi-national deception even saw the mother convince her male friend to post her fake extortion letter back to Scotland from Paris, a court has heard. But Barron's string of lies were exposed when police managed to tie DNA evidence on the stamp to her friend. Barron told police that she had received a typed letter from her former partner requesting she transfer £65,000 within 14 days otherwise 'intimate images' of her would be shared, according to Ms Simpson. Sheriff Morag McLaughlin told Barron: 'I think you can be in no doubt about how serious a position you find yourself in today.

Source: Daily Mail July 09, 2021 16:59 UTC