A BLACKMAILER has been jailed for filming himself having sex with his then girlfriend and then demanding £5,000 from her not to distribute it on the internet.

Sameer Khan preyed on the fact that his young victim was expecting a payout after her mother was killed in a road accident, Bradford Crown Court was told.

Khan and the woman were in a sexual relationship for a month and a half, said prosecutor Paul Nicholson yesterday.

The first time they had sex at Khan's flat it was in the dark with the blinds closed. But on the second occasion he had moved the bed towards the window and it was very light.

Mr Nicholson said that during the relationship Khan had made demands for money but the woman did not have any and refused.

But he continued to make demands and then showed her a mobile phone video of them having sex and told her to do as he said or the video would be posted on the internet.

Mr Nicholson said: "He told her the video was an edited version and he had given the full version to friends who would distribute copies if the police got him."

Khan sent text messages demanding £1,000 and then £5,000 to "keep my mouth shut," and telling her to search for her name on pornhub.com.

But the woman bravely went to police and told them what had happened.

Khan, 23, of Walmer Villas, Manningham, Bradford, pleaded guilty to blackmail.

Jailing him for two years, Judge Jonathan Rose said blackmail was an ugly and vicious crime that the public regarded with loathing and contempt.

Judge Rose said the woman had the misfortune of meeting Khan within months of suffering the appalling tragedy of losing her mother in a road accident.

He told Khan: "You were planning to take money from her in this most loathsome way."

He said the sex was "the beginning of your heinous plan to extract money from this most unfortunate woman."

The judge said Khan had threatened to expose the most personal and intimate details and hit at the soul of the individual being blackmailed.

He added: "The only reason you were not successful in extracting money from this unfortunate young lady is because she had a toughness, courage and bravery.

"She was prepared, notwithstanding the embarrassment, to report it to the police."

In mitigation, Khan's barrister, Elyas Patel, conceded that what his client had done was mean, ugly and unsavoury, but he was not inherently a bad person.