Officers then checked doorbell camera footage from her house and were able to check the registration of the car Renney had been driving – which was registered to Asad Hussain.
When he became aware the police wanted to speak to him, Hussain changed the vehicle’s registration and dumped a mobile phone he had been using for the Mick Renney alter ego.
However on 6 October 2024 a van he was driving was spotted in Cumbria and he was arrested.
Cheshire Police said Hussain denied all wrongdoing but detectives were able to show that devices he used had set up the fake Tinder accounts.
They also learned that every time the fake accounts were active, he had travelled from the Cheadle area to Northwich and would sit in a layby two miles for home for hours at a time sending messages.
In an attempt to find what police had on him, Hussain even messaged the victim pretending to be one of the men who had attended her home and asked whether police had identified him.
After the sentencing, investigating officer PC Keith Terrill said: “This has been one of the most technically complex and disturbing stalking cases Cheshire Constabulary has ever investigated.
“It has however once again shown that the internet offers no sanctuary to those who wish to commit violence against women and girls and domestic abuse.”
