A man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison after a jury found him guilty of blackmail. 

Thomas Lloyd-Perks, aged 29, of Forge Road, Stourbridge, pleaded not guilty to blackmail charges on January 10, 2023. 

The former Kidderminster man was alleged to have committed the offence between April 1, 2016, and June 13, 2019.  

Lloyd-Perks appeared at Worcester Crown Court on February 29 after being found guilty by a jury and was sentenced to 46 months in prison. 

He was also given a restraining order and told to pay a victim surcharge.