Isabel Rose Jailed 6 Years in Hong Kong for £100,000 Blackmail, False Rape Claim
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 22
Isabel Rose Jailed 6 Years in Hong Kong for £100,000 Blackmail, False Rape Claim
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 22
Summary
Six years in prison was imposed on British woman Isabel Rose, 26, after a Hong Kong court sentenced her for blackmail and perverting justice over a rape allegation it found was fabricated.
Prosecutors said Rose tried to extort £100,000 from a British banker after visiting him in Hong Kong in February 2024, and Judge Adriana Tse gave her five years for blackmail plus one consecutive year from a three-year justice sentence.
WhatsApp messages were central to the case: the man transferred £5,000 and attempted another £5,000 after Rose demanded payment, later replying that he had "no way of paying" £100,000.
The banker was arrested after Rose reported the alleged rape on 3 February 2024 but was released without charge; Rose was arrested the next day, convicted in March, and sentenced Wednesday.