Court hears how Simple Minds singer's brother was sent images of superfan in gold mankini

A Simple Minds superfan, claiming frontman Jim Kerr's brother tried to blackmail him of £100,000, had a gold mankini embossed with the band's logo a court heard.

John Fagan told jurors Paul Kerr, 56, repeatedly accused him "of being a child rapist on the run from the police in Liverpool".Kerr denies stalking him and his wife Julie Fagan between January and November last year, who he claims wanted to hurt his brother after a falling out over his new album.Mr Fagan told Lewes Crown Court: "When you think about who he is, he's the brother of a famous celebrity and he's abused that position and posted to a worldwide audience that I've raped a nine year old boy and my wife is a come Muslim whore, that puts it into context, how we were feeling."