Overview

• Harkins posed as a successful businessman to gain victims' trust on dating websites.
• He defrauded nine women of more than £214,000 between 2013 and 2019.
• Harkins was convicted of raping a woman and filming intimate acts without consent.
• The court described his actions as leaving a 'trail of emotional devastation and financial distress.'
• Harkins has been added to the sex offenders register indefinitely and banned from contacting his victims.