?two charges of fraudulently obtaining money in return for information about the missing people.
He is charged with obtaining 17,000 pounds (US$27,000) by deception from Blackman's father, Tim, between Aug. 7 and Aug. 10, 2000, and with illegally obtaining 5,000 pounds (US$8,000) from Brian Winder, father of Paul Winder. Winder went missing in March 2000 while backbacking from Panama to Colombia but eventually returned home safely
What a complete low-life!!!