Convict Asad Hussain Creates Fake Tinder Profiles to Lure Men to Gang-Rape Ex-Girlfriend 

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Summary: A UK court has convicted 36-year-old Asad Hussain of stalking and assault offences after he created fake Tinder profiles impersonating his ex-girlfriend and sent men to her home with messages encouraging sexual violence. 

A 36-year-old man, Asad Hussain, has been found guilty of stalking and assault offences after creating fake Tinder profiles impersonating his ex-girlfriend and sending men to her home with messages encouraging sexual violence.

Asad, of Hankinson Avenue in Heald Green, Cheadle, was convicted on May 1, 2026, following a nine-day trial at Chester Crown Court. He was found guilty of stalking involving serious alarm or distress, assault by beating, and failing to comply with a Section 49 RIPA notice.

According to Cheshire Police, Asad first contacted the survivor in April 2024 using the alias “Mick Renney.” Investigators said the relationship quickly became controlling.

Police said that before the relationship ended, Hussain repeatedly rang the survivor’s doorbell for nearly two hours after seeing that a male friend was visiting her home. Neighbours later contacted police over the disturbance.

On May 6, 2024, the relationship ended after Hussain forced his way into the bathroom while demanding access to the survivor’s phone. During the incident, he pushed her, causing her to fall, before taking the device and searching through her messages.

After the breakup, Hussain created multiple fake Tinder profiles using the survivor’s photographs, phone number, email address and home address, according to investigators.

Through the fake accounts, he contacted around 18 men and falsely claimed the survivor wanted to take part in a “rape fantasy” and be “roughed up.” Police said Hussain instructed some of the men to ignore resistance or refusal, telling them that if she said “no,” it meant she “wanted it more.”

Beginning in late July 2024 and continuing through August and September, men repeatedly arrived at the survivor’s home believing they had been invited there through Tinder messages.

On one night in August 2024, four men reportedly arrived at the property one after another. During one incident, a man forced the door open and shattered a glass panel, while another entered the house while the survivor’s daughter was inside.

Police confirmed the survivor had not created the profiles, invited the men, or consented to any of the arrangements.

Investigators said Asad took several steps to avoid detection, including using separate mobile phones linked to the fake accounts, changing his car registration details, and later discarding devices and factory resetting personal phones after learning police were investigating.

Asad was arrested on Oct. 6, 2024. During the investigation and trial, he denied knowing the survivor and claimed “Mick Renney” was a different person. Prosecutors, however, presented GPS data, telecommunications evidence, phone records, and video doorbell footage linking him to the offences.

He also refused to provide the passcode to his iPad after police issued a legal order requiring access, leading to the additional RIPA-related charge.

Investigating officer PC Keith Terrill described the case as one of the most disturbing stalking investigations handled by Cheshire Police.

“Asad is an extremely deceitful individual whose only objective was to cause maximum harm to the survivor and her children,” Terrill said after the conviction.

“At no point has Asad taken any responsibility for his actions or recognised the sheer horror he came close to unleashing.” Asad is expected to be sentenced at a later date in June 2026.