The elaborate scam only came to light when one of the men contacted police, who then set up a sting codenamed ‘Operation Machine’ to track down Sutherland.īy tracing the bank details given to the callers, detectives found he had been leading a lavish lifestyle of chauffeur driven cars and nights out at expensive bars with the extorted cash.Īnd today at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Sheriff Deidre MacNeill QC sentenced Sutherland to three years and nine months behind bars for extorting £87,700 from 10 men aged between 32 and 65 years old between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2009. Others said they were left stressed when Sutherland – acting as an official from the chat lines – repeatedly harassed them for payments. Some of the blackmail victims were left in serious financial difficulty.
However he said they could be deleted from the ‘system’ for a fee, pocketing himself thousands of pounds. He then warned callers that the discussions were illegal and recordings could be sent to police. Often putting on a voice, he would quickly lead the caller into talking about underage sex before interrupting the call with using a different voice pretending to be a call monitor. Kelz Sutherland, 19, – also known as William Watson – worked on a sex hotline from his bedroom at the family home in Edinburgh taking incoming calls from men who had seen adverts in magazines. 5.The flat in Portobello where Sutherland extorted money through a gay chat line.Ī TEENAGER who extorted almost £90,000 from 10 men on gay sex chat lines by threatening to play recordings of their sordid calls to their families, friends and the police has been jailed for 45 months. Trips last 5 hours and include a number of activities including nude snorkeling, nude jungle activities, and of course some good old fashioned nude sunbathing. Jets Private Boat Tours offer both public and private tours of a nearby beach that is only accessible by boat, offering the closest alternative to a nude beach experience. So the next best thing is to head out on a nude excursion. Unfortunately there are no nude beaches in Puerto Vallarta, which is criminal given the sensational weather they have all year round. For something a little different, visit the island at night for Cirque du Soleil-style evening experience.
The island itself offers all the typical beachfront activities including water-sports (not those kind of water sports though), boat rides, zip lines and all that fun stuff, as well as cooking classes and tequila tastings. As a happy coincidence our tour leader was a screaming homo, but in all honesty the straight ones are so camp you wouldn’t notice the difference. You’ll receive endless refills on your margarita as you set sail for the islands, with plenty of high-energy entertainment from your hosts during the hour-long trip. With year-round sunshine you need to make the most of your time outdoors, and if lounging around the pool isn’t your thing then you should take a trip to Las Caletas with Vallarta Adventures. Complete with sex swings should you so desire. If you want something a little more hardcore, Cici’s Slaughterhouse is your more traditional club setting. From there we went to Roxy Rock house for a couple of cervezas, and then danced to Madonna in Mr Flamingo.
We started out with d inner at The Top Sky Bar (LGBTQ, where you can enjoy both the stunning sunset and the go-go boy dancers while you eat. Wandering from one to the next is a great way to meet both visiting and local gays as each will have an opinion of where you should go next. Though not expansive, the gay scene in Puerto Vallarta is warm and welcoming, with a string of stylish bars opening out onto the street. The gay scene exists mostly in the romantic zone (Zona Romántica as they say) along Lázaro Cárdenas. Let’s start with the obvious one, you’ve got to go gay clubbing when you visit Puerto Vallarta.
Puerto Vallarta is a coastal city that sits on the western coast just south of Mexico City, and it is chock full of fun gay things to do that make it well worth a visit. Mexico is vast and stunning country, but many travellers never make it past Cancun or Tijuana.