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A woman suspected by police of making up a sexual assault has been fined. A 43-year-old woman from Chippenham alleged she had been sexually assaulted in the town in the early hours of Sunday. Police cordonned off an area beneath the railway arches at the top of High Street, an area well covered by security cameras. The tape was taken down on Sunday afternoon.

A POLITICAL activist who says his life has been 'shattered' by false rape claims is returning to Weston to begin a fight for new laws to protect people from malicious allegations. Malcolm Blackman made national headlines two weeks ago when he went on trial at the Old Bailey accused of raping a woman at the Occupy London demonstration at St Paul's Cathedral. Jurors have since cleared the 46-year-old of any wrong-doing - and now Mr Blackman says he wants to return home 'with his head up high' and campaign to save others from having their lives 'ruined' in the same way.

This is the woman who lied to police by telling them she had been 'violently raped'. Elizabeth Wilkinson, 21, of Skipton Old Road, Foulridge, pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice after claiming she had been sexually attacked by a man at his house in Colne last September. As a result of her allegation a 23-year-old man from Colne, was arrested and interviewed at Burnley station as police launched an investigation into what they described as an 'horrific attack'. But she later admitted lying to her friends and officers about the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape and was charged with perverting the course of justice last December.

A LYING teenager who falsely accused her ex-boyfriend of rape was jailed for 12 months yesterday. Spiteful Amanda Bradley, 19, texted her new partner to say she had been attacked. He called police and the 28-year-old ex was arrested while still in Bradley's bedroom. The accused man insisted Bradley agreed to sex - but had to endure a three-month nightmare before she admitted lying. Judge Steven Everett told the teenager: "You knew full well you were going to get him into trouble in a very big way."

A judge has told a woman who falsely claimed she'd been raped by her boyfriend: "This was a wicked, terrible thing to do." Sabrina Booth-Guy, 22, of Lydford Street, Salford, told police that boyfriend Stephen Delaney had raped her in their home. But she

Judge speaks of "nightmare" for men wrongly accused by Emma Blunden A woman who falsely accused four men of raping her has been jailed for two years. Twenty-one-year-old Emma Blunden, sobbed as she was led to the cells at Reading Crown Court this morning (Monday). She initially accused a man named [name withheld] of pinning her down and raping her at Newbury's Two Saints hostel, where both were staying at the time, on July 26 2008. Mr [name withheld] was arrested and detectives launched a thorough investigation, the court was told, before realising that Blunden was lying to prevent a boyfriend discovering that the sex was consensual.

A woman who falsely cried rape for a second time has been spared jail because a judge deemed it 'unfair' for her child to be born in prison. Heavily pregnant Gemma Scoones, 27, stood before Judge Michael Taylor in the dock at Durham Crown Court on Friday to be sentenced for perverting the course of justice. Last year, Scoones was given a 12-month jail sentence by the court after she admitted a similar offence involving a false rape allegation against her estranged husband, following the break up of their relationship.

A 21-year-old aspiring model is facing jail after falsely accusing a man of rape. Samantha Merry, from Great Baddow, wasted over 230 hours of police time after making the false claim relating to a 37-year-old man from Chelmsford back in March of this year. At Chelmsford Crown Court this week, Merry pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice in court last week and now faces sentencing on 15 November.

A WOMAN who sparked a major investigation after claiming she was raped as she walked home from a night out has been spared prison. Kirstie Hodgson was told by a Teesside Crown Court judge he would neither punish nor penalise her after hearing of her fragile mental state. The costly police probe was launched after Hodgson claimed she had been raped in Middlesbrough in the early hours of October 19, last year. She said the attacker told her he had a knife and stole her mobile telephone, and went on to point out the location of the alleged incident.

A girl of seven at the centre of a custody battle was coached by her mum to make fake claims that her father was a paedophile. Former jockey Victoria Haigh, 41, also launched a public campaign against her wholly innocent ex-partner [name withheld], a senior High Court judge said yesterday. After a series of private hearings, Sir Nicholas Wall decided to make his judgment public yesterday because "scandalous allegations" were put in the public domain "via email and the internet".

Keeley Horrocks, 20, of Grant Street, Burnley, admitted perverting the course of justice when she appeared at Bolton Crown Court. Horrocks reported the incident in January 2010, which led to the arrest of the man. Det Con Chris Whalley said that Horrock

An "irresponsible and wicked" woman was jailed for three years today after she slashed her body, hair and clothing to convince police she was the victim of a serious sexual assault. A judge told Leyla Ibrahim, 22, she was dishonest from "first to last" a

A school caretaker falsely accused of being a paedophile after child porn was planted on his computer by a disgruntled colleague still lives in fear of vigilante attacks, close friends said today. Neil Weiner, 39, framed his boss [name withheld], the car

A TAXI driver was locked up for almost a day and had his licence suspended for several weeks after an alcoholic drug abuser claimed he had raped her. Donna Robinson launched a major police investigation after saying she had been attacked outside a Southa

A Surrey woman who falsely claimed her ex-boyfriend raped her after giving her a Pringles sandwich laced with diazepam has been jailed for three years. Kate Woodhead made her claim against [name withheld] after he told her their 18-month relationship was

A UNIVERSITY student has been blasted after falsely claiming she had been raped so she could get an extension on her coursework. Temitope Adenugba, 24, was jailed for 18 months last week for committing the hoax. She had reportedly been struggling to hand

A mother of three who falsely accused a police officer of rape after he rejected her advances following a one-night stand was today jailed for two years. Melissa Anne-Marie Carter, 46, took revenge on Pc [name withheld] when he failed to reply to her tex

Lisa Yapp Original Article01/10/2014 A woman claimed she had been raped by her ex-boyfriend in a bid to cover up a drunken threesome with two men she met in a pub, it was alleged.Lisa Yapp, 24, showed the men naked photographs of herself then w...

Emma Saxon Original Article12/27/2013A Sheffield woman who 'endangered lives' by setting fire to her flat in a failed suicide attempt has been jailed.Emma Saxon - who last year also made a false accusation of rape - penned letters to her mother...

Police are considering what action to take against a woman who admitted making a false allegation of sexual assault. Officers were called to the Cox Lane area of Ewell on Sunday (June 30) following a report by a third party about an incident which was alleged to have taken place between 6am and 6.30am that day. The call as made after a woman in her late teens was found in a distressed state at around 6.45am. Following house-to-house enquiries and other investigations carried out by officers, an 18-year-old woman from London admitted making the false claim.. Detective Inspector Antony Archibald said: "Surrey Police takes all allegations of this nature extremely seriously and it is deeply frustrating when reports like this are falsely made. "A lot of officers's time was put into this investigation and due to the serious nature of the allegation it was fast-tracked and taken to the highest level which took vital resources away from other people which may have needed them. "We are carefully considering what action may be taken again against the woman who made the allegation." He also thanked Ewell residents for their assistance and urged genuine victims of sexual assault to still come forward.