A British man pleaded guilty yesterday to blackmailing the wife of Manchester United and England footballer Wayne Rooney after she lost a phone containing family photographs. Lee Platt, 28, also admitted handling stolen goods when he appeared at Manchester Crown Court, northwest England. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2011/aug/rooneys.jpg" border="5" /> Wayne Rooney with wife Coleen and son Kai. PIC/Getty images He was arrested after Rooney's wife Coleen lost her mobile phone at a concert by US band Black Eyed Peas in Manchester in May last year. The phone was thought to contain photos of the couple's son taken on its camera. Coleen Rooney was allegedly contacted later with a request for money to have the phone returned. Jennifer Green, 25, and Steven Malcolm, 42 entered not guilty pleas to the same charges.

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A British man pleaded guilty yesterday to blackmailing the wife of Manchester United and England footballer Wayne Rooney after she lost a phone containing family photographs

Brit admits to blackmailing Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen

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