'He stalked me, but I was the one arrested'

'He stalked me, but I was the one arrested' Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleElaine DunseathBBC News NIJodie MorrowJodie Morrow is critical of how police handled her complaints of harassment Jodie Morrow had just finished an early shift at her cafe job in December 2020 when she noticed missed calls from the police on her phone.She knew this would have something to do with Ezra Garfield, the man who she told police had been plaguing her with messages on social media after they briefly dated.For three months beforehand, the Ulster University student had raised concerns about Garfield and, despite her repeated contact with officers, he had not been arrested.But an hour later it was now Jodie in the back of a police car, tearfully facing a journey to custody, having been arrested over false allegations that she was the one harassing him.More than five years later, Garfield was eventually jailed after pleading guilty to harassment and perverting the course of justice, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland has acknowledged "shortcomings" in how the case was handled.'He just completely switched'The 19-year-old was studying in Belfast in March 2020 when she matched with Garfield, who at the time was known as Riagain Grainger, on a popular dating app.A few months later the pair went on a handful of "lovely, wholesome" dates."It was very normal initially… He seemed absolutely lovely at the start," she told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme."He never had a single red flag at all."But Jodie felt "the spark wasn't there" and she was planning to let him down gently.When she told him she did not want to see him again, she said "he just completely switched".Jodie was then bombarded with missed calls and messages from two numbers purporting to be Garfield's mother and father, but she was sure he was behind it all.Police Service of Northern IrelandIn February,...