Three women become friends after they discover their ‘love-rat’ boyfriend was cheating on them with each other at the same time

Three women have become friends after finding out they were all cheated on by their 'love-rat' boyfriends at the same time.

Kirsty Harding, 36, and Chloe Allen, 24, secretly plotted to dump Paul Sandow, 35, after finding out he had cheated on them both.

But when Kirsty told Sandow she was leaving him, he bombarded her with messages and reportedly threatened her with a knife.

It was only when Sandow appeared in court after being charged with harassment that his third girlfriend, Kylie Hubbard, 35, realized he had also been unfaithful to her after finding his name on a bail form.

The three women have since become friends following their ordeal.

Kirsty told me The sun. “The only good thing that comes from this is our friendship.”

The nursery manager from Sunderland matched with Sandow on dating website Plenty of Fish and thought she had met her soulmate.

She said they were 'instantly exclusive' but after two years of dating, Kirsty received a phone call breaking the news.

Chloe, 24, asked for her name and whether she was in a relationship with the ex-soldier. Kirsty then confirmed her identity and said she was dating Sandow.

“She said, 'Me too.' I was traumatized,” Kirsty told the outlet.

Kirsty Harding and Chloe Allan secretly plotted to dump Paul Sandow, 35, (pictured) once they discovered the truth about him

Chloe, from Washington, Tyne and Wear, said she became suspicious Sandow was seeing someone else when she linked Kirsty to a person saved in his phone contact list as 'Kevin'.

The waste management worker said her heart pounded when she called the number and it turned out to be Kirsty.

“I realized he was a very deceptive man,” she told the outlet.

The duo then met up, started texting and planned when to dump Sandow.

They even came up with a signal to let each other know when they could communicate without alerting him.

Kirsty and Chloe sent a prosecco glass emoji to say the 'coast was clear' and they could talk freely.

She changed the locks and went to stay with her mother after confronting Sandow and telling him “it was over.”

But when she refused to get back together with him, he messaged Kirsty several times and reportedly threatened her with a knife.

Sandow was subsequently arrested and charged with harassment.

This third girlfriend Kylie, 35, from Sunderland, then found out she had been cheated on, as it said on his bail note (both pictured together)

Kirsty matched with Sandow on dating website Plenty of Fish and thought she had met her soulmate (both pictured together)

This third girlfriend Kylie, from Sunderland, subsequently found out she had been cheated on, as stated in his bail.

The mother-of-one said it was “amazing” to connect with the other two women because “no one else could understand” what they “had been through.”

Sandow admitted harassment and was given a suspended prison sentence after four years at Newcastle Crown Court.

While Kirsty felt the action taken was too lenient, she told the outlet: “It's incredible to have developed friendships through a love rat.”

Sandow – who now works as a scallop diver in Orkney and has a new lover – accused the women of working with him.

He “categorically” denied their claims and said the lawsuit was “fictitious.”