RIYADH — The Riyadh District Court has sentenced a Saudi to five years in prison and 500 lashes for attempting to blackmail a woman into sleeping with him. He had obtained photos and recordings of the woman and threatened to upload the photos on the Internet if she did not have sex with him. The woman notified authorities of the threat and police monitored the suspect before arresting him. He confessed to the accusations and was referred to the Riyadh prisons directorate to serve his sentence.
