John Inman News

“The corrosive effect of blackmail means that any sentence in a case of this kind must have a deterrent effect”

Two men are beginning five-year jail sentences today after being found guilty of trying to blackmail a member of the Royal Family over claims that he took drugs and performed a gay sex act on his aide. via Times Online

Two men have been jailed for five years after being found guilty of a 50,000 gay sex blackmail plot against a unnamed, married member of the Royal family. via Telegraph.co.uk

“Was it on the scale of John Inman, would that be fair, in Are You Being Served? Was that how he was cavorting himself around?”

A married royal said to have performed a gay sex act to his senior aide on a kitchen floor as a Stringfellows stripper egged him on also took drugs, a jury heard today. via Times Online

“We became more interested in A (Linley) because Ian had said that A took drugs. We'd be interested in proving A took drugs. We knew D took drugs because it was on the tape.”

AN aide filmed accusing the Queen's nephew David Linley of performing a sex act on him as a stripper looked on was a "boastful braggart" and as "camp" as John Inman in the television series Are You Being ... via News.com.au

“If this is an accurate reflection of how he behaves, showing such disloyalty to the Royal Family, such treacherous behaviour, he is certainly disloyal.”

Comments An aide who claimed a married member of the royal family carried out a sex act on him has been described in court as a 'boastful bragger' and compared to the 'Are You Being Served?' actor John Inman. via Daily Mail

“He's just a bloke who lives with his mother”

One of the oddities of postwar English life was the degree to which the explicitly homosexual was both forbidden and condoned. via The Independent

“It's upsetting to see the man you're in love with being with other people.”

By COLIN FERNANDEZ and ANDREW LEVY - More by this author Comments A female fan obsessed with David Walliams is being investigated by police for stalking the Little Britain star. via Daily Mail

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Are You Being Served, a cult hit in the USA since the late '80's Britcom boom, is much beloved by the public and, to date, remains phenomenally popular. via The Daily Advertiser