Stalker who faked ex's Tinder profile caught using doorbell camera

Image source, Cheshire Police Image caption, Police said Hussain rang his ex's doorbell for two hours, only leaving after a neighbour called the police By Lauren Hirst North West Published 7 hours ago In September 2024, detectives received a report of strangers turning up at the home of a woman - some believing she wanted to act out a "rape fantasy". Each of the men claimed they had been invited round to her house after matching with her on the dating app Tinder. But the reality was that Asad Hussain, who she had been in a relationship with for a matter of weeks, had created a fake profile in her name and was pretending to be her online. The 36-year-old, from Cheadle, in Greater Manchester, would invite random men to the woman's home in Cheshire, with some turning up in the middle of the night. "That's not just violating your privacy, it's violating your feeling of safety, your children's feeling of safety," said PC Keith Terrill, a specialist stalking investigator at Cheshire Police. "This is one of the most disturbing stalking cases Cheshire Constabulary has ever investigated." Hussain was only caught after a police review of footage from the victim's doorbell, which was then checked against other systems to establish his identity, Cheshire Police said. He was jailed for eight years after being found guilty of stalking, assault and failing to comply with an order to provide passcodes to his devices at Chester Crown Court. Image source, Cheshire Police Image caption, Asad Hussain set up a fake profile to encourage men to turn up at the victim's home Hussain first contacted the woman using the fake alias of Mick Renney in April 2024 on social media. The couple went on a number of dates but, as their relationship developed, he became "increasingly controlling". On one occasion, he rang her doorbell for two hours because a male friend was visiting and only left when police were called. "This came to a head during an incident in May 2024 when he attempted to take control of her mobile phone and prevent her from using it on her own," said Terrill. "In the course of that, he assaulted her." To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Tinder stalker arrested in layby Hussain tried to rekindle the relationship but the woman rebutted his attempts on numerous occasions. This is when Hussain made the Tinder account using her photographs and personal details. "He started inviting men round to her home and giving them her mobile number," said Terrill. "As time went on, the instructions that the men were receiving started to escalate. "Initially, they were told to attend and to knock on her address. Then they were told that she was in the address waiting for them to arrive and to let themselves in and the front door was open, but they should give it a shove because it's stiff. "That further escalated to some of the men being told on Tinder that she wanted to engage in a 'rape fantasy' and that