Man got bizarre blackmail idea from sex addict client

An energy therapist got the idea from a sex addict patient to make up a story about his sister-in-law’s husband and he then set about a bizarre campaign of blackmail.

Pat O’Dwyer, 52, of 2 Wolfetone Place, Thurles, Co Tipperary, pleaded guilty to a charge of extortion where he demanded €10,000.

O’Dwyer sent his sister-in-law three cards containing letters and naked pictures of a woman in various positions and he told her — in what was an entirely made-up claim — that her husband was having an affair with the woman featured in the sexually explicit pictures.