Controlling thug left lives of his victims ‘in ruins’ JAMIE LOPEZ
ACONTROLLING and calculated thug subjected women to years of abuse, death threats and manipulation, leaving their lives in ruins.
One of Lewis Radcliffe’s victims said he had left her “a shell of the person I was” while another says she was put through “years of hell” and remains scared even with him behind bars.
Radcliffe sexually exploited two women who aggressive controlling and coercive behaviour and put another through years of torment and mental anguish.
The 43-year-old met his first victim on a dating site and after a happy start he began heavily criticising everything she did, lowering her confidence until she had none left.
He controlled her movements, money and behaviour and demeaned her into sexual exploitive situations for his gain and stole from her.
He was physically abusive, verbally threatening and left her a shell of what she was before she met him.
The second woman he met, also online, found herself a similar abusive situation with Radcliffe.
In one call he stated that “he could make her and her family disappear if she didn’t do want he asked” and also told her “screw this up and see what happens”.
A third victim who had been in an on and off relationship with Lewis for five years, was subject to prolonged physical and mental abuse.
He demeaned her, stripped her of all confidence, threatened her with death and his own death if she ever reported him to the police.
He threatened to kill her sons and subjected her to horrific ongoing abuse.
Radcliffe, formerly of Knutsford Avenue, Stockport, but now of no fixed address, appeared at Preston Crown Court last week and pleaded guilty to engaging in coercive and controlling behaviour and burglary.
He was jailed for four years and seven months.
A 10-year restraining order was also imposed.
In a statement to the court, the first victim wrote: “I am now a shell of the person I was. I am no longer me. Radcliffe has broken me down bit by bit during our time together until I was that weak.
“I felt as though I was trapped and couldn’t get out. It will stay with me forever what he has done to me, and I won’t get over it.”
In her statement to the court, the second victim wrote: “This incident with Lewis Radcliffe has left with sleepless nights due to the threats he made towards my family.
“I constantly have nightmares that he has found my family and harmed them and then once I’ve woken from the nightmares, I find I can’t return to sleeping due constantly thinking about it.”
In her statement to the court, the third victim wrote: “It has taken a lot, for me to report this to the