Girl is jailed for ‘catfish’ control of ex
A JEALOUS girlfriend who posed as a fake police officer for more than two years to control her ex and ban him from seeing other women has been jailed.
Jilted Lauren Adderley, 21, used “sophisticated catfish-style behaviour” to convince ex-partner Mitchell Lloyd, 22, he was in a police investigation.
She made him believe he was under curfew and banned from certain areas. She “ruined” his social life.
Adderley pretended to be various officers to stop him seeing friends and other girls and threatened him with legal action.
Adderley, of Telford, Shrops, admitted to impersonating a police officer and stalking and was jailed for nine months at Shrewsbury crown court yesterday.