Alan Leech jailed for two years for extortion

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Alan Leech was jailed for two years for extortion at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 2 May 2023. He pleaded guilty to demanding money with menaces on three occasions in January 2020, after taking €8,000 and threatening the man and his wife in Dublin.

Judge Orla Crowe said the scheme became deliberate when Leech pursued the man’s wife at her home. The judge imposed the two-year term for extortion and took additional charges of issuing threats and harassment into account.