A mum-of-two called the police on her Tinder boyfriend after suffering a barrage of emotional abuse.
Abigail Cane is now warning others to stay away from the man, whom she met on the popular match-making app and dated for two and a half months.
The 29-year-old named and shamed him on social media and says 25 other women have been in touch to say the same thing happened to them.
Abigail says the man moved into her home after telling her he had money problems, reports Stoke-on-Trent live.
Abigail, from Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent said: “Once in your property, he begins his manipulative abuse. He would grab knives out of the kitchen and hold them to his throat.
“He would start with your appearance and you lose the personality you had. He makes you into a shell of what he wants you to be.
“You end up not wanting to leave the house, being scared of him physically and mentally. He would punch himself in the face telling me that it’s my fault that he is acting like that - I thought he was a child.
“The way I was with him was more of a ‘you need to look at yourself and understand this isn’t normal’. It was the way a mother would be towards a son.”
Abigail called Staffordshire Police on September 1.
She added: “He was very abusive towards me one night and I had to get the police involved. He said that if I spoke to the police he’d get a bat and hit them.
“He enjoyed the fact that I didn’t have to leave the house for anything. As soon as you leave the house to see your friends that’s when he makes threats to kill himself.
“He knows when to do the manipulation and doesn’t do anything when the children are around. He knows what he’s doing and it’s very strange how he picks and chooses when to do it.
“Do not go anywhere near this man, he is very dangerous and manipulative. He backs you into a corner and will tell you it’s your fault he has these problems. He makes you feel so small you forget who you are and lose your identity.”
Staffordshire Police are investigating.
A police spokesperson said: “Police were called to an address off Furlong Lane on Thursday, September 1. Officers attended and a woman, in her 20s, reported being harassed by a man. Inquiries are ongoing.”
Tinder has now removed the man's profile. A Tinder spokesman said: "We encourage all members to report any behaviour that violates our policies."
