Police are continuing to attempt to trace a teenager missing from Fife. Emma Goddard, also known as Aster, disappeared from Glenrothes around 10pm on Saturday, July 16.
01.07.2022 - 07:11 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A police officer has told a court how her ex-boyfriend accused her of being a porn star during a campaign of abuse against her.
Stephanie Torrance claims her ex, Jonathan Barclay, accused her of being an adult film actress – which she denied in court.
The long-serving officer was giving evidence at the trial of Barclay, 37, who denies a campaign of domestic abuse against her.
Stephanie, 38, told Hamilton Sheriff Court that Barclay accused her of having fetish accounts on Instagram and X-rated site Only Fans.
She said he accused her of cheating on him while he was at work – by having sex with other men in their home in videos which were uploaded to porn websites.
And she said he threatened to expose her to Police Scotland and the media if she did not give him back a vacuum cleaner after they split.
Stephanie, who has been a police officer for 14 years, said she had to take time off her work due to the impact of the abuse on her mental health.
She said the pair split up and got back together several times in 2020, while living in East Kilbride.
He regularly sent her poems and love songs in a bid to win her back, including a link to the YouTube video for Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You.
She said that once the relationship was finally over, Barclay made the porn threats, initially over WhatsApp, in early December 2020.
Stephanie added: “He was saying that I was selling parts of my body. It started getting quite strange.
“He was saying I had separate Instagram accounts and that I had been selling my feet. He said, ‘If you were struggling for money, you should’ve asked me for help because I love you’.
"I felt stressed and anxious about it. He said he would contact police about the activities I was engaged in. I was
Police are continuing to attempt to trace a teenager missing from Fife. Emma Goddard, also known as Aster, disappeared from Glenrothes around 10pm on Saturday, July 16.
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