Crime
by Kay Dibben
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Former The Block contestant Suzi Taylor and her co-accused have been found not guilty of five charges, including extortion, assault bodily harm and deprivation of liberty.
Suellen Jan Taylor, 50, and Ali Ebrahimi, 24, had been accused of extorting money from escort client David Butler, with prosecutors alleging they assaulted him and kept him tied up in Taylor's unit for hours on October 30, 2019.
Taylor, a mother-of-two, cried in the dock as the five not guilty verdicts were delivered.
The jury deliberated for almost 10 hours before returning the verdicts on the sixth day of the Brisbane District Court trial.