A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after creating a fake Tinder profile for his former partner and luring multiple men to her home with the intention of raping her. Asad Hussain, 36, from Cheadle in Greater Manchester, was also handed a 15-year restraining order at Chester Crown Court on Monday. He had previously been found guilty of stalking involving serious alarm or distress and assault by beating.
The court heard that the victim had briefly dated Hussain in April 2024, but ended the relationship after discovering he had gone through her phone. Hussain repeatedly tried to rekindle the relationship, but she refused. In late July, men began turning up at her house, claiming they had matched with her on Tinder and believed she had invited them over. On one night in August, four different men arrived, all reporting they had received nearly identical messages.
Some men told the victim that the fake profile had indicated she wanted to engage in a 'rape fantasy' and be 'roughed up', and that if she said 'no', it meant she 'wanted it more'. In September, a man shoved her door so hard that a glass panel smashed, having been told via the fake account that the door was stiff and should be forced open. Later that day, another man entered her home while her teenage daughter was upstairs alone, but left without incident.
At least 18 men are believed to have been deceived into going to her house, although the true number remains unknown. In a statement, the victim said the sentence would bring her some peace, but added: 'No sentence takes away the enormous impact his behaviour has had on both myself and my daughters. ... No should mean no. Now I am left wondering how many men have my address and believe I want to be sexually assaulted, or worse.'
Investigating officer PC Keith Terrill described the case as 'one of the most technically complex and disturbing' Cheshire Constabulary had ever investigated, calling Hussain an 'exceptionally controlling and deceitful individual' who caused devastating impact on the victim and her family.
