A 15-year-old gold digger who formed a fake relationship with a man went on to stab him in the head – after he failed to buy her the expensive gifts she demanded.
Chloe Coster posed as a 19-year-old online before forming a relationship with 35-year-old Sufian Abusufian in 2020, telling him that she would like to marry him.
Swindon Crown Court today (Monday) heard that the now-18-year-old defendant used the alias Hope Morgan and met the victim in person on a number of occasions.
Alec Small, prosecuting, said that Coster tricked the man into thinking that she was in love with him – but continually belittled him in messages and demanded expensive gifts.
On one occasion she attended a Travelodge where Mr Abusufian was staying and asked for £200 before running out of the hotel. On realising she’d left without other gifts, she returned and collected a bracelet before running off again.
Mr Small said that Coster saved the man into her phone under the name ‘Annoying C**t’, whilst he had saved her number as ‘My Hope’ – showing “disparity in the relationship”.
He said the relationship started amicably but went on to be “contingent on expensive gifts, items and clothing”, and Mr Abusufian promised to bring her what she wants.
On 20 January 2021, Coster met her victim at the Holiday Inn in Marlborough Road after she had demanded jewellery, alcohol and sweets.
He paid her taxi fare and took her to his room, where she grabbed a packet of Maoam sweets and put them in her pocket. Coster then started searching the room for other gifts.
When she was unable to find any, she became angry and there was a struggle. She went on to repeatedly stab Mr Abusufian; he sustained knife wounds to his ear, arm and top of his head.
The defendant then told the victim that if he reported it to the police, he would get into trouble as she was actually 15 years old. In messages following the attack, she wrote: “You know I’m young, you’re an old man who tried to kidnap me”. She added: “I’m young, you will get in trouble.”
Mr Abusufian went to hospital for treatment, but doctors informed the police. Coster was subsequently arrested and questioned, where she lied about her involvement and claimed the victim was a stalker.
In a pre-sentence report, she told the probation officer: “If he wants to be weird to me, I will get out of it what I want.”
The pizza delivery driver, of Clary Road, Swindon, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent at a previous hearing.
Labelling the teen “calculated” and “conniving”, Judge Jason Taylor KC sentenced her to a two-year community order with the requirement to complete 150 hours of unpaid work. She must also attend 25 rehabilitation activity days and pay a fine of £1,000.
Judge Taylor said he is aware of further anti-social behaviour incidents involving Coster in the past year – telling her that if she breaches the order: “I will send you to prison”.
