Overview
- Katie Yates, 42, says she met Jason Smith on the Plenty of Fish app in February 2018 and the relationship lasted around 10 months.
- She reports escalating coercive control, repeated assaults and a December 2018 rape followed days later by an attempt to drown her in the bath.
- Police arrested Smith after she sought help; he denied the allegations but a Newport Crown Court jury convicted him in 2019 of rape and two assault offences.
- Smith received a 15-year sentence and a 10-year restraining order, with parole eligibility reported for 2027.
- Yates says she continues to experience lasting trauma and has chosen to speak publicly to warn dating-app users about predatory behaviour.