A 22-year-old woman from Cospicua today admitted to extorting nearly €2000 from a married man, after she convinced him to send her naked selfies.

Inspector Josric Mifsud arraigned Rosianne Cassar before magistrate Neville Camilleri today, and explained how the accused had communicated with her victim through Facebook.

Ms Cassar had sent the man explicit pictures of a pornographic actress, claiming that they were pictures of herself.

The man replied in turn with genuine photographs of himself in the nude.

On receipt of the nude photographs, Ms Cassar, who is unemployed, repeatedly demanded money from the victim, threatening to publish the photographs if he failed to comply.

She extorted a total of €1,770 from the victim.

The case was only reported to the police yesterday, when Ms Cassar contacted the man’s wife with the aim of extorting more money.

Defence lawyer Edward Gatt described the actions of his client as “mere folly.”

Dr Gatt said his client- a single mother – did what she did due to her “dire economic situation.”

Inspector Mifsud told the magistrate that his primary concern was the destruction of the offending material, and that she be ordered not to contact the victim.

He was permitted by the court to retain Ms Cassar’s mobile phone and laptop until the removal of the offending data could be performed by technical experts.

Magistrate Camilleri handed the woman a two year prison sentence suspended for four years and ordered her to repay the €1770 within six months.

The court upheld a request for a ban on the publication of the name of the victim, but not that of the accused.