5 May 2026
A man who created a fake Tinder profile in his ex-girlfriend’s name and then encouraged men to break into her home and rape her has been found guilty of stalking.
At least 18 men turned up at the woman’s home after receiving messages about “rape fantasies” they thought were from her but were actually sent from the bogus account run by Asad Hussain.
The 36-year-old from Cheadle, in Greater Manchester, set up the Tinder profile in July 2024, a month after their relationship ended. Cheshire Police described it as “one of the most disturbing” cases it had ever investigated.
Hussain was found guilty of stalking after a nine-day trial at Chester Crown Court and will be sentenced in June.
The court heard Hussain first contacted the woman using the fake name of ‘Mick Renney’ in April 2024, and 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.
Their relationship ended the following month when Hussain went through her phone and demanded to know if she was seeing other men.
Despite contacting the woman’s daughter and friends to accuse her of cheating, he still made several attempts to restart the relationship. These were rebuffed.
PC Keith Terrill of Cheshire Police said what happened next was an attempt to unleash “sheer horror”.
‘Fake name’
Men began to arrive at Hussain’s former partner’s house in July 2024 and said they had been invited after matching with her on Tinder.
On one night, four men turned up and reported to have received almost identical messages, Cheshire Police said.
The messages from the fake account said she wanted to be “roughed up” and that if she said “no” it meant she “wanted it more”.
One man broke a glass panel at her home after shoving the front door.
He then showed her messages from the fake account which had told him to give it a “shove”.
On another occasion, one man entered her home for several minutes while she was out before leaving, all while her teenage daughter was upstairs alone.
Several of the men gave their details to police to help them track down the source of the fake account.
The woman told them her ex was called Mick Renney, but officers could not find the fake name on their systems.
But the force then tracked Hussain down after connecting the fake name to a car registered to his business.
Officers discovered he had changed his car registration, and used separate mobile phones to maintain his alter-ego and run the bogus Tinder account.
Hussain was arrested and denied knowing the victim, running the fake account or going by the alias Mick Renney.
‘Sheer horror’
Cheshire Police said officers proved Hussain was behind the account after showing he had driven to a lay-by two miles from the victim’s home each time the accounts were active.
PC Terrill said Hussain was an “extremely deceitful individual” whose sole intention was to harm his victim.
“At no point has Hussain taken any responsibility for his actions or recognised the sheer horror he came close to unleashing,” he said.
“He went to great lengths to prevent the victim discovering his real identity, frustrate the investigation, and avoid being caught.
“He evidently believed he could outsmart police, and that we’d be unable to disprove his fabrications.
“He was sorely mistaken on both counts.”