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A ‘vindictive’ man rejected by an estate agent he had an affair with sent men to her office with the promise of sex after setting up a fake account for her on the Fab Swingers website.

The man, who is in his 40s, also posted sexual photos of the woman on the site during his explicit online chats with other men while he pretended to be her.

Over just five days in September last year, she received numerous phone calls at her estate agents office in Leicester and six men showed up for “viewing appointments” at the office, expecting sex.

The man, who LeicestershireLive has chosen not to name to protect the woman’s identity, appeared at Leicester Crown Court for sentencing, having pleaded guilty to disclosing private sexual photographs with the intention to cause distress.

The court heard the pair had met in early 2019 on a dating website and been in an “up and down” relationship - partly because he was in a long-term relationship with another woman, who he is still living with.

The unwelcome visits took place in the days after the estate agent had finished with him.

Prosecutor Almas Ben-Aribia said: “It was a short relationship and she states that she understood he had not handled the break-up well.

“On September 2 he sent her a picture of a woman and tried to make her jealous by saying he was seeing someone else.

“On September 3 at 11am she was at work when an unknown male attended the office. He said he had an appointment for a viewing. She was confused because she didn’t have any appointments booked.”

The man left but another showed up at 1pm the same day, saying the same thing and left in a hurry after she told him she had no appointments booked.

She rushed out after him and he eventually told her he had an “explicit conversation” with someone sharing her name on Fab Swingers.

Ms Ben-Aribia said: “He showed her private photographs of a sexual nature the defendant had taken of her while they were in a relationship.

“A fake profile had been set up in her name and was used to arrange appointments to meet her for sexual intercourse.

“The visits to her office continued.”

Four more visits were made to the office by men and she also received phone calls from other men, as well as a note in the defendant’s handwriting which said “I’m sorry”.

On September 16 the defendant was arrested by Leicestershire Police. His phone was found to contain the private photos and also showed he had accessed the Fab Swingers website but in his first police interview, he denied doing anything wrong.

However, in a second interview he admitted everything.

During the crown court hearing, part of a statement from the victim was read out in court.

She said: “I live in fear of what he will do next. The images are on the internet now and cannot be erased.

“This has affected every single aspect of my life.”

The statement said the woman had suffered embarrassment at work but also fear, worrying that a man expecting sex would visit her and “not take no for an answer”.

Kim Lee, representing the man, said: “He is genuinely remorseful. He is very distressed at the hurt and pain and inconvenience he has caused to the complainant.

“He was under a great deal of stress.

“The reason he acted as he did was simply the fact he was angry that she did not want to see him again.”

Judge Amjad Nawaz told Mr Kim his client’s actions were “nothing short of vindictiveness”.

Sentencing the man to 12 months in prison, he said: “In retribution, you set up a profile that featured her.

“You pretended to be her and encouraged others to seek her out and attend her workplace to engage in a sexual relationship.

“The idea was to humiliate her at her workplace to maximise the distress that could be caused to her.”

Commenting on the private photographs, the judge said: “The invitation featured private images of her that were put out on the internet. Once they are out there, they are out there for the world.”

He said he had to give the man an immediate custodial sentence to serve as a deterrent to others.

He said: “In my judgement, this offence is the worst of its kind.

“A sentence other than custody would send out the wrong message.”

The defendant was also given a five-year restraining order forbidding him from contacting the complainant.