SpindriftA catfisher posed as a man to dupe another woman into sending her nude pictures.
Sarah Brennan, 32, bombarded her victim with calls and prowled near her home after her ruse was exposed.
The charity worker also pretended to be a high-flying male lawyer to strike up an online relationship with another female, who was left suffering panic attacks.
Brennan, of Glasgow’s Drumchapel, admitted two counts of romance fraud and stalking last month.
Brennan appeared in the dock at Glasgow Sheriff Court to be sentenced on Monday.
However, matters were adjourned until June after Sheriff Stuart Reid was recommended by a social worker to ask for a psychological report on her.
Her lawyer earlier told the hearing that his client’s “employment was ended” due to the conviction.
The court was previously told she messaged the first victim on Instagram in 2019, posing as a man called Matthew Jay, who claimed to be Brennan’s cousin.
The pair swapped intimate photos over the course of six months.
Brennan sent images of “a male’s body with no face visible”, the court was told.
Her hoax was revealed when the victim chatted to Brennan’s mum, who “did not know of any family members of that name”.
When confronted, Brennan claimed she had been “bored”.
She went on to phone her victim 250 times in one day, sent her a screenshot of a map indicating she was near her home, and threatened to release her explicit images.
The woman went to the police when she received a card, necklace and pendant inscribed “stuck with you”.
Brennan was arrested, and it emerged she had contacted another woman online in 2021, posing as a lawyer also called Matthew Jay.
They grew close, but Brennan sparked suspicion by cancelling meet-ups.
The woman’s friends traced the same Instagram profile to an Englishman living in Dubai.
He confirmed he had been “contacted before” and that his identity had been stolen by “a female in Glasgow, who had entered into an online relationship”.
Michael Tierney, defending, told the hearing: “She is accepting of her guilt and has shown a great deal of reflection in regards to her behaviour.
“As a result of her conviction, her employment was ended, but she continued to work until that date.
“She is now no longer working and is applying for Universal Credit.”
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