It’s Valentine’s Day, and many people are trying to find fun
everywhere they can, including seeking relationships online.
A woman who joined the online dating site, match.com in
search of love and romance has sued, alleging that she was raped and forced to
live like a slave by the man she met on the site.
The complainant, who was not named for legal reasons, had
moved in with the accused shortly after they met online.
Things however assumed gory dimension when her supposed
lover transferred her to his sister, who he said would be able to understudy
her and determine if she was good enough a partner for him
“I was forced to cook and clean like a domestic servant. I
was punished by being bathed with bleach as my sister in-law sat in a bath,”
she alleged.
The prosecutor attested that her 34-year-old lover forced
her to perform oral sex on him twice, while he and his sister repeatedly
punched and kicked her.
The prosecutor said, “She was living in a state of fear,
oppression, being bullied and controlled.
“The accused, Mr. Colin Leacock and his sister, Many, both
assaulted and raped the complainant and that was at a time when the complainant
was living in a household where she was being bullied and assaulted regularly,
sometimes by Colin, but mostly by his sister, Mandy.
“She was lonely and she went looking for love and romance on
the internet on match.com. In March 2015, she met the accused online and
matters very quickly developed between them.
“Having visited twice, she came to London and moved in with
the accused in his flat.
“Things soon started to turn sour, in particular she was
unhappy at the extent to which Mandy interfered and seemed to dominate her
brother Colin.
“She didn’t consider her to be good enough for Colin and she
needed to prove that she was capable of cooking and cleaning and doing
necessary household work.
“She quickly became an unpaid servant, sleeping on the
floor, required to clean and after a time soon the victim of repeated
assaults.”
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told police
she moved in with Colin because she felt lonely and wanted to be loved again
after a previous abusive relationship.
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