Accused handed an18-month conditional sentence with the first six months under house arrest

The Calgary victim of an extortion plot demanding he cover a third-party illegal gambling debt was shown photos of dismembered limbs to convince him to fork over more than $200,000, court heard Tuesday.

And the victim’s parents even agreed to sell their home to cover the debt even though they had hoped to use its sale as part of their retirement, Crown prosecutor Katherine Love said.

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Reading from a statement of agreed facts to support a guilty plea to a charge of criminal harassment, Love said Chantelle But was the catalyst to the extortion scheme aimed at her Calgary victim, whose identity is protected by a publication ban.

Love said But first approached the complainant in N

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