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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Kit Vickery

'I took Shane into my home and told friends he was the one. Months later I was living in hell'

A woman has described how the boyfriend she thought was her dream man turned her and her daughter's lives into a living hell.

Linsey Chinweefat, 32, started a relationship with Shane Costello-Collins in March 2021, telling friends she thought she'd found 'the one'. But that picture of happiness was shattered - first by their break-up, and then by Costello-Collins going on the rampage.

Things escalated after they split, with Costello-Collins turning up at her workplace, threatening to 'slice' her, and even breaking into her home and launching a terrifying attack.

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