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The incident was recorded on a phone, the court heard, and the victim was told to pay the defendants or they would share the video.

The defendants are due to appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court on 6 May.

The defendant, from Port Talbot, south Wales, looked up to the public gallery and was given a thumbs up by one of his supporters following the verdict.

The same day their bodies were discovered, the defendant was pulled over by police in the state of Kansas while driving a 2018 Volkswagen Atlas belonging to Mr Mayer, investigators said.

“The defendant committed fraud on a near daily basis for years,” she said.