On 20 October 2005, John Samuel Humble, an unemployed alcoholic and long-time resident of the Ford Estate in Sunderland – a few miles from Castletown – was charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice for sending the hoax letters and tape.
Den 20. oktober 2005 blev John Humble, en arbejdsløse alkoholiker og beboer i the Ford Estate, et område i Sunderland (1.6 km fra Castletown), tiltalt og fængslet for at have sendt fup brevene og båndet, samt forhindring af efterforskningen.