Don't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter A Gladiators star has been jailed for his part in a blackmail plot over a drugs debt.
Michael Jefferson King, known as the famous bodybuilder 'Shadow' in the 1990s ITV game show, was one of four people who kept a man detained in a flat in Acton, west London.
King was described as a “lieutenant” to the plot, which saw a tortuous attack on Aaron Ali that lasted around eight hours. It saw him being beaten and filmed for “highly distressing” videos sent to his family to elicit a payment of up to £1,000 to let him go. READ MORE: Benjamin Mendy due in court today over rape and sexual assault allegations At one stage, King was alleged to have ordered a
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