Man begins 6-year term after Tesco blackmail plot

A FORMER tax inspector was last night beginning a six-year prison sentence for a £1 million (€1.34m) blackmail plot against Tesco.

Tue, 29 Jan, 2008 - 00:00

Damon Wake

Philip McHugh, of Milton Avenue, Clitheroe, Lancashire, sent 76 letters threatening to bomb branches of the supermarket chain across Britain last summer.

McHugh, 52, also threatened to contaminate Tesco products.

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