SWNS Shakey Finks, 42, says he is scared to leave home after being wrongly labelled a paedophile

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Shakey Finks, 42, says police have told him to carry a photocopy of Jessica Stevens’s driving licence to prove that she is not underage when challenged. The couple first met two years ago and became an item six months later. But Mr Finks says since then they have been subjected to threats and vile abuse because Jessica looks younger than her age. He claims he has been tormented in the street and his photo has even been wrongly circulated around the local schools.

He voluntarily went to police and had a full background check done for anyone who asked and they confirmed he has never been in trouble with the law.

I've been to the police about it. I've had a complete background check done. I don't have a criminal background Shakey Finks

But despite that he said the false allegations were ruining his life. Mr Finks, of Plymouth, Devon said: “Apparently I rape little boys in Stonehouse and little girls in Devonport. “I've been to the police about it. I've had a complete background check done. I don't have a criminal background, “I haven't been arrested or charged with anything in my life.

SWNS Shakey Finks, 42 and girlfriend Jessica Stevens, 32

“I go into town and mothers grab their children close. “Jessica is very small, petite and doesn't look her age - that's where all this has come from.” Mr Finks says he has been advised by the police to photocopy Jessica's driving licence as proof for anyone that challenges him that she is not a child. Miss Stevens said Mr Finks cannot even visit the local shops without abuse. She said: “If he goes to the local shop people mention things. “One lady told him to get away from her kids and said that his photo had been circulated around the local schools.

SWNS He claims he has been tormented in the street

“He walks past the pub and people outside tell him to get out of town, even people walking past the flat say things. “It's mainly men, but it can be young or old. “Shakey was on the bus the other day and a girl came up to him and said she didn't want to be on the same bus as him. He had to get off in the end. “I used to go to a pilates class and he walked to meet me there once in floods of tears because he'd met someone on the street on the way there who had shouted abuse at him. “We don't like to go out very often now.

SWNS Miss Stevens said Mr Finks cannot even visit the local shops without abuse

“We used to see each other off at the bus stop and go into the city to see the Christmas lights, but Shakey is now hesitant to go anywhere.“ Miss Stevens has now been to the police three times in the past six months. She added: “We have involved the police who have supported us in confirming that he has never committed any offence of this nature and in fact he has no criminal record at all,

SWNS Shakey says the false allegations are ruining his life