Man admits trying to blackmail Rooney

A HANDYMAN has admitted trying to blackmail Coleen Rooney for £5,000 over stolen personal photos.

Steven Malcolm, 42, changed his plea to guilty after giving evidence from the witness box on the third day of his trial at Manchester Crown Court.

Malcolm, who had initially denied handling stolen goods and blackmail, claimed he only acted as a “middle man” for his boss, Lee Platt, who he worked for as a handyman at his firm Fresh Interiors, a furniture business in Manchester.