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A fantasist stalker who sexually assaulted a woman after catfishing her by pretending to be a Premier League footballer for Leicester City has been jailed.<\/p>\n
Daniel Storer, 22, embarked on the ten month campaign of terror by creating fake accounts on social media to make contact with the 18-year-old victim.<\/p>\n
He bizarrely posed as a footballer, police officers, lawyers, a paramedic, a vet, university students, a cancer patient and some of the identities he adopted were of real people.<\/p>\n
A court heard he bombarded the teenager with messages after creating fake stories designed to encourage the victim to send sexual images of herself.<\/p>\n
When she blocked him Storer became increasingly obsessed and used further messages to lure her to his home where he sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n
The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, managed to bravely make an audio recording of the attack and contacted police in December last year.<\/p>\n
Detectives launched an investigation and found Storer was linked to the false accounts.<\/p>\n
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They found he had concocted other false stories about pets being bought for the victim in order to obtain money from her to look after the animals.<\/p>\n
He also lied that he regularly played for Leicester City, that he was raped by a man who died shortly afterwards and that he had been the victim of a kidnap.<\/p>\n
Storer, of Uppingham, Leics., pleaded guilty to stalking involving fear of violence and sexual assault at Leicester Crown Court.<\/p>\n
He was jailed for four years with an extended licence period of three years.<\/p>\n
Storer was also made the subject of an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and issued with a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting the victim.<\/p>\n
Detective Constable Ken Huddart, of Leicestershire Police, said: "The false accounts and messages were planned by Storer over a significant period of time and caused much distress to the victim.<\/p>\n
"Storer had no concern whatsoever regarding the effect his actions would have on the woman. I wish to acknowledge the victim's bravery throughout this case.<\/p>\n
"Her instinct to record the attack during what must have been an extremely terrifying ordeal and her co-operation with us since was paramount in helping us to secure this conviction.<\/p>\n
"Through sheer determination, precision and persistence, Leicestershire Police officers and staff then worked to prove this case in court and have now taken a dangerous individual off the street thereby helping to protect other potential victims of these horrendous offences."<\/p>\n
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