A WOMAN sent her ex photos of herself bound and gagged at gunpoint in a fake kidnapping plot.

Leah Jumeaux, 20, demanded a ransom of £2,000 from her boyfriend in exchange for her own safe return in October 2020.

She appeared at Preston Crown Court on Friday charged with blackmail and fraud by false representation.

Jumeaux, from Blackpool, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of fraud.

She was sentenced to 34 weeks behind bars and must also pay a victims surcharge of £156.

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