While the police were taking the victim’s statement, Ilyas called him and in a conversation partly recorded by officers, claimed he had been pressured into being involved in the plot and was scared himself. They chased the silver Volkswagen Golf being driven by Khan but got away. At this point, not knowing how dangerous the men were, he called 999 and the police soon arrived. More videos were also sent to him as proof that more of the encounter had been secretly recorded.Įventually, Khan sent a photo of the victim’s car outside his workplace and he realised they must be close. He was then subjected to a bombardment of calls and messages from various numbers, while calls were also made to his wife and his business. The victim was ordered to pay £25k by midnight that day but said it wasn’t possible. You’re gonna regret this.” That was followed with a video of the two of them in bed and a warning that the entire encounter had been recorded and would be posted on social media and sent to his wife, whose number had been taken off the victim’s phone. One hour later, a response came through saying: “No. This referred to Ilyas saying he was travelling to Oxford and saying he was a nurse who worked there.” Ms Haque said: “The victim sent a message saying ‘thank you and safe travels’. They left at around 1.15am at which point the victim went back to work. They again had sex after talking for a while, with Ilyas encouraging him to confide his fears about why he was nervous about meeting up.
This enabled him to set up a hidden camera in the room and for them to be photographed arriving together by Khan who was parked nearby.
The pair eventually arranged to meet at a hotel again, with Ilyas arriving first and coming outside to meet him.