Royal aide compared to TV’s Mr Humphries in gay sex blackmail trial

Posted on April 18, 2008
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The famously dainty gait of the comedy actor John Inman and a stripper called Cindy unexpectedly took centre stage at the Old Bailey yesterday when they were cited in the defence of two men accused of trying to blackmail a member of the Royal Family over gay sex claims. A jury has heard that Ian Strachan, 31, and Sean McGuigan, 41, attempted to extort £50,000 from the unnamed royal after they obtained audio and video recordings of the man’s senior aide snorting cocaine and bragging that his employer had given him oral sex on a kitchen floor during a party. The men approached four national newspapers trying to sell the recordings before allegedly turning their attention to the royal, whose identity is protected by a court order and can only be referred to as witness A, and attempting to demand money in return for surrendering the footage. See Royal aide compared to TV’s Mr Humphries in gay sex blackmail trial
Independent, UK