British woman jailed for blackmail after accusing banker of rape in Hong Kong

The british story

Isabel Rose was convicted of trying to extort £100,000 from the UK banker and perverting the course of justice

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Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of british, woman, jailed, blackmail, accusing: Isabel Rose was convicted of trying to extort £100,000 from the UK banker and perverting the course of justice.