A beautician has been sentenced to over four years in prison for doxxing and blackmailing a former lover after a brief affair. The judge condemned her online exposure and demand for substantial payouts as 'despicable'.

A beautician who doxxed and blackmailed a married finance director after having a brief affair with him has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison, with the Hong Kong judge condemning her exposure of the affair online and demand for HK$2.6 million (US$332,000) in payouts as “despicable”. Deputy District Judge Ivy Chui Yee-mei on Thursday handed down the sentence to Li Yanlin, who was earlier found guilty of uploading four videos to YouTube to expose her former lover’s identity...