A 31 year old man has appeared in court charged with blackmail.
Gary Wood is accused that between June 25 and 30 2013, in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, jointly with others, he made an unwarranted demand for £225,000 from a man with menaces.
Wood, of Black Eagle Drive, Gravesend, Kent, did not enter a plea when he appeared at Exeter magistrates court.
He was granted conditional bail and the case has been sent to Exeter Crown Court for a hearing in late January.
No details of the alleged blackmail were given in court and Wood was not legally represented.
