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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...

Original Article01/31/2014 The number of false rape claims made to police in Lincolnshire is higher than anywhere else in England and Wales. New figures for the 12 months up to March 2013 show that 33 per cent of all alleged rapes against adults i...

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...

A British taxi driver has used a voice recording app on his phone to prove a female passenger lied about him raping her at knife-point in his cab. Astria Berwick was jailed for 16 months in Nottingham Crown Court yesterday after admitting to perverting the course of justice by wrongly accusing Mohammed Asif of rape on February 20, the Telegraph reports. The court heard the CCTV in Mr Asif's car was broken on the day of the alleged attack so he switched on the app as a makeshift replacement.

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.

A teenager has been given a caution for wasting police time by falsely claiming she was raped in an attack in Surrey. The 18-year-old, from London, made the allegation in Ewell on 30 June. She was found in the Cox Lane area and police said they spent much of the day interviewing people. Specialist officers also offered her support. But later that evening, the woman told officers the allegation was false. Det Insp Antony Archibald said such reports were "deeply frustrating". Surrey Police said said a "lot of staff" had been involved in investigating the complaint. Mr Archibald said vital resources had been taken away from other people who may have needed them. He added: "We have carefully considered what action could be taken against the woman and it was decided that a caution would be the most suitable form of punishment." He urged genuine victims of sexual assault to continue to contact the force.

Phillipa Alice Costello Original Article06/25/2013Phillipa Alice Costello, aged 28-years, from Ivy House in Dishforth near Thirsk, has been sentenced by Teeside Crown Court to 8-months imprisonment for perverting the course of justice. On 12 Ap...

A teenager who spent months behind bars wrongly accused of rape after a DNA blunder has spoken of his 'relief, anger and disgust' after the charge was dropped. Adam Scott, 19, was due to stand trial next month in connection with a sex attack on a woman at Plant Hill Park in Blackley. The M.E.N. revealed yesterday how his DNA - taken in connection with a separate matter - had contaminated a sample from the victim while being processed at a laboratory run by LGC Forensics. Mr Scott, from Truro in Cornwall, is now considering taking legal action - and his lawyers are calling for a public inquiry into the blunder, which could lead to other rape and murder cases being reopened.

Nikita Aitken Original Article 09/17/2013 By KATHRYN CAIN A woman has appeared in court charged with falsely accusing a man of raping and then imprisoning her in her home. Nikita Aitken, 20, of Spenser Road, Bedford, is charged with three counts o... Nikita Aitken Original Article09/17/2013By KATHRYN CAIN A woman has appeared in court charged with falsely accusing a man of raping and then imprisoning her in her home.Nikita Aitken, 20, of Spenser Road, Bedford, is charged with three counts o...

Natasha Foster Original Article11/11/2013 A young Ballymena woman who falsely cried rape two years ago then spilled the truth to police said she is "ashamed" of herself. Young mum Natasha Foster (23) told police in November 2011 that she had be...

Lee James (left) & Stephen Norley Original Article11/28/2013By Steven Morris A man who killed a disabled neighbour in a vicious vigilante attack because he wrongly believed he was a paedophile will serve at least 18 years in prison for what the...

Original Article10/01/2013A woman who falsely claimed she had been raped in a park in Margate has admitted wasting police time.Charmaine Ripley, 26, of Leslie Avenue, Margate, sparked a large-scale police investigation after claiming she was raped...

Stephen Norley & Lee James Original ArticleThis is more proof of why the online hit-list (registry) should be taken offline and used by police only!10/28/2013BRISTOL - A man wrongly accused of being a pedophile was beaten unconscious, set on fi...

Original Article10/10/2013 A teenager has spoken of his nine-month hell in jail awaiting trial after being accused of rape and kidnap. _____ was freed on Tuesday after being cleared by a jury of tying a 16-year-old girl to his bed and attacking ...

Rachel Ashworth Original ArticleAnd yet another reason the online hit-list should be offline and used by police only, and extortion / mugshot websites should be taken offline and the people in charge arrested.10/07/2013By TOM GARDNER A mother-t...

"A postman who has served 17 years in prison for an attempted rape he has always denied has walked free after DNA evidence was heard at the Appeal Court. Victor Nealon, 53, was living in Redditch, Worcestershire, when he was convicted of attacking a woman in January 1997 and jailed for life. New DNA evidence revealed the presence of another man's genetic material, three Appeal Court judges were told. Mr Nealon's barrister said the evidence was "dynamite" for his client."

Kirsty Debanks Original Article10/21/2013By Ben Wilkinson A woman jailed for making a false rape claim says the lie cost her "everyone's respect".Kirsty Debanks said she was in a "bad place" when she made the allegation against her boyfriend an...

Shane Peake Original Article10/16/2013By Morwenna Blake A conman who fooled social services into thinking he was a vulnerable 17-year-old boy before stealing from his foster carers and "destroying" the life of a charity boss with a false allega...

Hannah Farnsworth Original Article09/18/2013By JAYA NARAIN A junior doctor who claimed she was brutally raped by two men at the hospital where she worked today admitted she lied about the attacks, a medical tribunal was told.Hannah Farnsworth, ...

"A spurned lover whose cry of rape cost police coffers £10,000 was jailed for nine months yesterday. Belfast Crown Court heard that Lisha Tait cried rape after being given the "cold shoulder" in a Belfast nightclub by a man she had a previous liaison with. The 22-year-old, from Laurel Lodge in the Flush Gardens area of Lisburn, pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice. The charge relates to making a false report and two false written statements to police on dates between July 6 and August 15, 2013 claiming she had been raped. Crown prosecutor Simon Jenkins said the series of events began in the early hours of July 7 when police received a call from the Ambulance Service in relation to a distressed woman who claimed she had been raped outside the Odyssey complex in Belfast. After making the claim, Tait was taken to the Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Antrim, where she was examined."