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‘What has he done to me?’

Danielle Jones, 27

Grabbing my laptop,I logged in and started bashing out an advert.

Looking for a flatmate, I typed, anxiety twisting in my tummy.

It was February 2016, and my friend had suddenly moved out of our shared flat, giving me no notice.

As a part-time waitress, I was skint, too.

So, needing a snappy solution, here I was, resorting to an ad on Craigslist, a website for classified ads.

Within minutes, my phone rang.

‘I’m Byron. I’ve just seen your ad,’ a man said.

He told me he was a personal trainer who’d

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