A man identified as Matthew Bailey, 24, has been jailed for psychological abuse.
According to reports, the said man banned his girlfriend from using Snapchat, as well as control the way she uses Facebook during their relationship which she lasted less than a month.
Police said the man prohibited his care assistant girlfriend whose name was given as Molly Cunliffe, 19, from posting selfies on Snapchat, ordered her not to swap Facebook and Instagram messages with heterosexual men and told her she was not allowed to put kisses at the end of social media posts.
Bailey would regularly check Miss Cunliffe’s mobile phone, tell her what to wear and demanded she send him pictures to prove she was at home.
During a four-week romance, Bailey also bombarded Miss Cunliffe with calls – sometimes up to 30 calls in the space of half an hour – and then falsely accused her of cheating on him whenever she did not answer.
In one phone call, Bailey warned her: “You’ll get a car through your front window and I’ll stab you in the neck. You know what I’m capable of.” Miss Cunliffe, from Bolton, Greater Manchester tried to end the relationship but Bailey then threatened to kill her family.
At Manchester Magistrates’ Court, Bailey, from Horwich, near Bolton was jailed for six months after he was found guilty of engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship.
He was also barred from contacting Miss Cunliffe for five years under the terms of a restraining order. Bailey was also ordered to pay compensation to Miss Cunliffe plus costs and surcharges of £735.
