‘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.