article_snippet: ‘self-employed Abdulbagy said self-employed Abdulbagy didn’t have a house, didn’t have any money, said self-employed Abdulbagy wanted to do a house in the halal way -or the clean way - and
article_snippet: Mr Al-Hajri told the jury that when Mr Al-Hajri spoke to the couple, self-employed Abdulbagy made it clear
article_snippet: Mr Al-Hajri wanted money.
article_snippet: Mr Al-Hajri said: 'At the beginning it was obvious they wanted money for these photos
article_snippet: Mr Al-Hajri said that they wanted to finish the matter in return for some money. '
article_snippet: I asked they how much do they want, Mr Al-Hajri said £600,000
article_snippet: so I repeated the question, Mr Al-Hajri said £300,000.'
article_snippet: Mr Al-Hajri added that self-employed Abdulbagy also sent Mr Al-Hajri threatening messages in Arabic.
article_snippet: ‘The wording is very clear when Mr Al-Hajri says “
article_snippet: I’m not going to wait any longer” - this is clear blackmail,’ Mr Al-Hajri said.
article_snippet: self-employed Abdulbagyapplied pressure in Mr Al-Hajri desire to extract money’, said Mr Patterson.