MELBOURNE --
A Melbourne man who secretly recorded himself and a prominent public figure
having sex and later used film of the encounter in a blackmail attempt
has been jailed for four months.
Jake Michael Della-Vedova, 25, demanded the married father
pay him $15,000, or he would send the recording to a television current affairs show.
He planned to use the money to pay rent, bills and buy a scooter.
Della-Vedova, of Hawthorn East, pleaded guilty to one count of blackmail.
County Court Judge Lisa Hannan said Della-Vedova's offending was callous
and calculating, and continued over a period of two days.
"This was not a momentary lapse in judgment," she said on Monday
in sentencing Della-Vedova to 18 months' imprisonment, suspended after four months.
Judge Hannan suspended 14 months of the prison sentence for two years,
but ordered four months be immediately served.
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