Well-known local figure on trial for sexual assault

A man who was 14 when he said he was raped by a well-known local figure on trial for sexual abuse said the accused knew how old he was when the pair met through a dating website.The man admits that after their 2007 encounter he blackmailed the accused, who he says dropped off cash to him while wearing gloves. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham has been following the trial in Palmerston North District Court, he spoke to Lisa Owen.