Nigerian man jailed in UK for blackmailing his ex-girlfriend with sex tape he secretly recorded

A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 40 months in jail in the UK for secretly recording a sex act with his girlfriend and using the sex tape to blackmail her after they broke up.

Chisom Adams, 24, had been dating an older woman and recorded her without her knowledge while they were having sex.

He recently demanded £3,000 from the mother of three, warning that if she failed to pay, he would release the video to all her children. 

According to Daily Mail, the victim, known simply as MM to protect her identity, had moved out of the country to another to avoid seeing him as she was nursing suicidal thoughts. 

However, Adams had sent the sex tape to the victim after which he sent a series of threatening messages on Facebook. 

The humiliated victim, who had dated Adams for a year, offered to pay him £1,000 but instead went to the police and he was arrested.

It was gathered that Adams had previously scrounged thousands of pounds from the victim on several occasions, threatened to stab her and stole a diamond ring from her.