Case of Young Girl Who Blackmailed Another
Received Thursday, 7 p.iu. LONDON, Beptembef 2. Mrs. Plorenee M ay, the m other. of a 13-yeaf-old seliool girl who admitted in the Bradford Juveuile C'ourt that she had exlracted £1)15 from a 12-year-old girl school fellovv by blaekmail, was senlenced to six nionths' iniprisonlnent lor receiving tlie money obtained by her daughter. The ehairman of the Magistrate's Bcjirh said Alrs. -Alay was tilmost entirely responsible for tlie delinquency of tiie tvvo children and lie regretted that tlie Bendu was unable to iniiict a Uonger terni of imprispnment. The evidence shovved that Alrs. Mav's daughter Betty had systematically blaeKinailed a girl muued Jeau Hall who had stoien iiioney to demands, from tvvo boxes in which her step-motlier and step sisier kept their sav liigs. The poli.ee sard tli'at £484 had been recovered. .Mrs. .vlay's husband, when he diseovered what liad ' occurred, surrendered his own oanKbook and that or liis wife, in au ell'ort tp nnrke restitution. As the resuit of this affairgMay had left his wife. The girl Jean Hall said she had contiiiued -to take tlie money beeause the older girl had threatencd to go ta her stepmother and tell her that Jean had been buying svveets coupous when .oriiidden to do so. Tlie girl said at oue stage slie beeame so vvorried slhe I'onteuiplated taking poison.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 September 1948, Page 7
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