CATCHING THE TINDER PREDATOR

CATCHING THE TINDER PREDATOR

07 September 2025

For over a decade, Christopher Harkins presented himself as a charming, charismatic, and successful businessman searching for his perfect match. Using dating apps, he targeted attractive, intelligent, and career-driven women, swiftly drawing them into intense relationships.

On the surface, Harkins appeared the perfect gentleman; generous, caring, and attentive. But beneath this facade was a manipulative predator. Requests for money soon followed, along with a devastating pattern of financial, physical, and sexual abuse that left the women fearing for their lives.

Despite countless reports to the police, action was not taken until late 2019, when one brave woman broke her silence. Reaching out to journalist Catriona Stewart it set in motion a chain of events that uncovered one devastating revelation after another.

This feature-length documentary delves deep into the ripple effect sparked by a single courageous woman going public.

Five women share their personal accounts of dating Christopher Harkins, representing a wider group of survivors. While each experience is unique, the similarities reveal a chilling pattern of predatory behaviour. Through powerful firsthand and court testimonies this film reveals how Harkins evaded detection for so long, including private messages and voicemails that expose his manipulative tactics and the lengths he went to avoid being caught.

Raw and unflinching, this documentary shines a light on the dangers women face in online dating and the power of female solidarity. It shows how unity and determination became an unstoppable force in bringing a significant offender to justice.

Best Shows - When they first encountered him on the dating app Tinder, women found Christopher Harkins charming and charismatic. It was only later that his darker side revealed itself. This documentary charts the way Harkins preyed on women through the app for more than a decade, committing crimes ranging from fraud through to rape. It reveals how society and the legal system treated his activities with bland indifference until a group of women affected by his actions banded together to fight for justice. It's both depressing in its depiction of the way female victims' voices are often ignored, and incredibly cheering for the determination those self-same women displayed as their campaign to be taken seriously resulted in Harkins eventually being tried and sentenced.

Mail Online

Pick of the Week - This powerful 80-minute new documentary speaks to five women who were the victims of Christopher Harkins, who preyed on women online for more than 10 years. A manipulative predator, he was finally caught out after one victim spoke to a journalist in 2019, thereby unravelling a series of other shocking revelations about his behaviour.

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Pick of the Week - BEST NEW TRUE CRIME. When they first met him on the dating app Tinder, women found Christopher Harkins charming and charismatic. It was only later that his darker side revealed itself. This documentary charts the way that Harkins preyed on victims for more than a decade, and how a group of women affected by his actions banded together to fight for justice.

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