London
(ANI):
A
German
man
found
guilty
of
attempting
to
blackmail
supermodel
Cindy
Crawford
has
been
sentenced
to
two
years
in
prison.
Edis
Kayalar,
26,
surrendered
to
German
authorities
in
November
after
he
was
charged
in
Los
Angeles
with
trying
to
extort
62,500
pounds
from
Crawford
and
her
husband
Rande
Gerber
over
a
controversial
photo
of
their
daughter.
The
picture
showed
the
girl,
who
was
seven
years
old
at
the
time,
tied
to
a
chair
and
wearing
revealing
clothing
during
a
game
of
''cops
and
robbers'',
reports
the
Daily
Star.
Gerber
is
said
to
have
paid
Kayalar,
an
acquaintance
of
the
family''s
former
nanny,
625
pounds
to
prevent
him
from
selling
the
photo
to
the
media.
However,
he
had
to
turn
to
officials
at
America's
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
when
the
crook
made
further
demands
for
cash.
According
to
German
website
Thelocal.de,
he
was
convicted
of
attempted
blackmail
at
a
court
in
the
town
of
Kirchheim
unter
Teck,
in
southern
Germany
and
handed
a
two-year
prison
sentence.
Judge
Joachim
Spieth
told
the
court:
"The
attempt
at
blackmail
was
well-advanced
until
it
failed."