PRINCESS Williams, who was, in May 2022, found guilty of threatening to accuse her ex-boyfriend of attempted rape, in a bid to extort $10 million from him, will be spending the next three years in prison.

The 22-year-old Providence, East Bank Demerara resident, was, on Monday, sentenced by Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

In February 2021, Williams made her first court appearance and pleaded guilty to the charge. However, she later decided to change her plea to not guilty.

The charge stated that, between Monday, January 4, 2021, and Thursday, January 7, 2021, at Georgetown, Williams, with intent to extort money from Kenrick Thomas, specifically $10 million, threatened to accuse him of attempting to rape her.

The court was informed that Williams and Thomas were in a sexual relationship for approximately four months, during which time he would invite her to his home to hang out and have dinner.

But on January 4, 2021, when he invited her to his home as per usual, he changed strategy and asked that they have sex as soon as she arrived, and, surprisingly, she consented.

But then, as they were about to get into the act, an argument ensued between the two, and he told her to get dressed, and proceeded to take her home.

The following day, Thomas reportedly ended the relationship with Williams, but she, not wanting to take no for an answer, still tried to get the relationship back on even keel, but he refused to have anything to do with her.

Then one day, in a fit of rage at being spurned, she sent him a video message via WhatsApp. She said that having tried to rape her, he’d have to either pay her $10 million or she’d go to the police with the evidence.

After receiving the threatening message, Thomas immediately reported the matter to the police, and an investigation was launched.

During the course of the investigation, Williams reportedly admitted to the police that she’d sent the message to scare Thomas into giving her the money, as he’d faithfully promised that he’d give it to her for her birthday.

On May 7, one day after being found guilty of the crime, Williams who was a prisoner at the East La Penitence Police Station, complained of feeling unwell. She was subsequently taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

After receiving treatment, Williams asked to use the washroom and was permitted.

It is alleged that she escaped but was later arrested by police after she was seen walking in the vicinity of Thomas and Lamaha Streets, with a cloth wrapped around her hands, hiding the handcuff.

She later denied the escaping charge and was remanded to prison.