A man who falsely claimed he had been raped as a schoolboy sparked a four month police investigation before admitting he had made up allegations.
Sajid Bharucha, aged 21, of Leach Street, Bolton told officers that when he was 13 a man had offered him a lift home from school but then had taken him home, tied him to a bed and raped him before dropping him back off at school.
He claimed the rape had been repeated when he was 16-years-old.
But at Bolton Crown Court, sitting at Bury Magistartes' Court today he pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice ....
Warning Bharucha that he had narrowly escaped jail, Mr Recorder Corless sentenced him to a 12 month community order with supervision.
Source: Bolton News