A man tried setting him up his former cellmate for a crime he did not commit. Peter Johnson, of Back Lane, Eaton, near Macclesfield, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court where he had previously been found guilty of making threats to kill as well as sending malicious communications. The court heard that, when serving his sentence for stalking involving serious alarm and distress, 62-year-old Johnson became friends with a man from Newcastle-upon-Tyne who had been locked up for fraud. Following his release, Johnson fell victim to the fraudster and lost £15,000. Rather than report the matter to police, he decided to...