Blackmail attempt on Coleen Rooney

MANCHESTER – Coleen Rooney was subjected to a £5,000 blackmail plot involving hundreds of family photos on her stolen camera, …

MANCHESTER – Coleen Rooney was subjected to a £5,000 blackmail plot involving hundreds of family photos on her stolen camera, a court was told yesterday.

The cash was demanded from the wife of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney in return for her digital camera, which contained more than 400 photographs, Manchester Crown Court heard.

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