Osgodby blackmailer found guilty at Old Bailey

Osgodby farmer, Nigel Wright, has been found guilty of planting baby food laced with shards of metal in stores as part of a lengthy blackmail campaign against Tesco.
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A jury deliberated for four hours and 33 minutes to find Wright guilty of two counts of contaminating goods and three counts of blackmail for demanding cryptocurrency from Tesco in exchange for revealing where the contaminated food had been placed.

He was also convicted of a further charge of blackmail for allegedly demanding £150,000 worth of bitcoin from a driver with whom he had had a road rage altercation.

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Mr Justice Warby listed the case for sentence on September 28 and asked for a psychiatric report on Wright to be prepared ahead of the hearing.

He warned the defendant he faced a “lengthy custodial sentence”.

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