Overview
- Webster, convicted by a jury at Manchester Crown Court, was sentenced Wednesday to nine years and five months and given an indefinite restraining order.
- In June 2024, the court heard he blocked the woman from leaving his Manchester flat, strangled her, threatened to kill her, and then sexually assaulted her.
- While on bail, he breached no-contact rules by creating numerous fake social media accounts to reach the victim, her family, and friends, with more than 100 following her within seconds on one occasion, police said.
- Body-worn camera video released to media shows officers arresting him as he asked to call his parents, and investigators said he later mocked them in interviews with lines like “pick me up from KFC” and “catch me if you can.”
- He had earlier pleaded guilty to stalking, and Greater Manchester Police called him a very dangerous individual in a case that highlights impersonation and rapid account creation as tools of digital stalking.