I gave birth then hours later police shared the horrifying truth about my baby's father, I wept in my hospital bed
MUM'S HELL I gave birth then hours later police shared the horrifying truth about my baby's father, I wept in my hospital bed
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CRADLING her newborn baby girl in hospital, Cora Barnes' eyes filled with tears.
But the 21-year-old wasn't crying tears of joy.
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Cora Barnes was horrified to learn the truth about the man she had a baby with
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She gave birth to their daughter and 24 hours later she was visited by police
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They explained that Luke Greenfield had secretly filmed them having sex
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Just hours after delivering her daughter she had been hit with the horrific news that the father of the child was not who she believed him to be.
He had been arrested for secretly filming himself having sex with girls including Cora.
Pervert, Luke Greenfield, 26, had set up a secret camera in his bedroom to video women he'd slept with.
What's more, she was forced to identify herself in images the police had taken from a video Greenfield had filmed.
In August 2024, Greenfield appeared at Hull Crown Court and admitted 17 offences of voyeurism, involving 11 women as well as making indecent images of children.
He was jailed for just three years.
The police are yet to identify 17 other women in other footage he'd taken.
Cora says: 'I was horrified to discover Luke had filmed me.
'I nearly threw up when my foster mother broke the news to me, just a day after giving birth to our daughter.
'I had no idea he'd been filming me during such an intimate time.
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'The thought of him watching the footage back sickened me.'
Cora met 'cheeky' Greenfield in October 2022, on a night out.
She remembers: 'I noticed him standing at the bar and thought he was good looking.
'He was a 'Jack-the-lad' type, with lots of banter and I fell for him.
'He showered me with compliments and made me feel like the only girl in the room.'
When Greenfield invited her back to his, Cora declined but agreed to give him her Snapchat handle.
Days later, he reached out to her and the pair exchanged flirty messages.
Cora says: 'He asked me to send him some sexy pictures but I jokingly sent him one of my tattoo on my leg.
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Cora had met Greenfield on a night out and they had a casual relationship
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She fell pregnant the second time they slept together and she says Greenfield was incosistant with his interest
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She claims that he would flit between wanting to raise the baby and claiming it wasn't his
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'We texted on and off. Sometimes he'd disappear for days on end, only to claim he'd been busy at work at a tyre shop.
'I knew he was a player so decided to see it as a bit of fun.'
The following month, Greenfield invited Cora over to his for a takeaway and film night.
Within minutes of her arriving, he led her into his bedroom and they ended up having sex.
Afterwards, Cora didn't hear from Greenfield for days.
She says: 'One day, he messaged saying that he wanted a relationship and family with me.
'It was full on and I was only 18.
'I said I was too young but thought it was sweet that he wanted a future with me.'
I was so disgusted at him, I didn't even reply
Cora Barnes
A few weeks later, Cora went to Greenfield's for another film night.
But after sleeping together, he ghosted her again.
Not long after, she realised her period was late and discovered she was pregnant but she says Greenfield's interest was inconsistent.
Cora claims: 'Throughout the pregnancy he played hot and cold, going between saying he wanted to look after me and the baby, claiming it wasn't his.'
In May 2023, Cora gave birth to her daughter after having an emergency C-section.
But 24 hours later, her foster mother visited with some horrifying news.
Cora recalls: 'She explained that Luke had been arrested for filming girls during sex.
'I couldn't believe it.
'But the police visited after I was discharged from hospital and showed me photos from a video and asked if it was me in them.
'There was one of my face, one of me entering Luke's room and another on his bed.
'I broke down sobbing.'
Yet, the day Greenfield was released on bail, Cora claims he texted her, asking how his daughter was.
She says: 'I was so disgusted at him, I didn't even reply.
'He was my daughter's dad so I'd always be tied to him but I knew I had to be strong for her.'
In August 2024, Luke Greenfield, then 25, appeared at Hull Crown Court. He admitted 17 offences of voyeurism, involving 11 women as well as making indecent images of children.
What is voyeurism?
Voyeurism is the practice of getting sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or are engaged in sexual activity.
It also involves getting enjoyment from seeing the pain or distress of others.
The crime falls until Section 67 of the Sexual Offences Act of 2003.
There are four subsections under voyeurism: Getting sexual pleasure while watching another person doing a private act and they have not consented
Operating equipment with the intention of having them or someone else watching for sexual gratification from an unconsenting person doing a private act
Recording an unconsenting person doing a private act and does with intention of them or someone else getting sexual gratification
Installing equipment, or constructs or adapts a structure or part of a structure with the intention to watching an unconsenting person doing a private act for sexual gratification
The court heard how he'd lured in women using apps like Tinder, befriending them on Instagram and Snapchat.
He'd seduce the women then secretly film them. Greenfield even made some of the videos in his workplace and police managed to track down his victims by their first names, accents or mentions of their job.
The judge said that Greenfield had caused 'serious emotional harm' as the women had no idea who had seen these videos.
At the time of sentencing, police believed a total of 28 women were secretly filmed but only 11 of them had been traced, leaving some 17 women in other videos unidentified.
Greenfield was jailed for three years.
I still feel so much anger and know it will affect my future relationships
Cora Barnes
Cora says: 'I sat in court alongside his other victims but when I stared at Luke in the dock, his eyes were blank.
'Three years is pathetic considering what he put us through.
'Thankfully the footage has been destroyed.
'My daughter's coming up for two now and one day I'll have to tell her about her daddy.
'I still feel so much anger and know it will affect my future relationships.
'But I want to warn other women not to fall for Luke's charms.
'He's nothing but a monster.'
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