‘Cold-hearted’ romance fraudster is jailed for five years

Sajad Hussain tricked women he met on dating sites into believing they were in relationship then used them as ‘human piggy banks’

A “romance fraudster” has been jailed for five years and four months after admitting manipulating three women into giving him more than £200,000 to fund his gambling habit.

Sajad Hussain, 45, of Swindon, Wiltshire, who had pretended to be a police officer, admitted five counts of defrauding three women he met on dating sites over a seven-year period.