According to a report in the Herts, Essex News a man whio falsey accused a barman of rape has been sent to prison for 18months.
The gay barman from Bishop's Stortford who falsely accused another man of raping him has been sentenced to 18 months' jail for perverting the course of justice.
Passing sentence on Friday, Judge Barbara Mensah told Daniel Schwan, 29, of Edinburgh Gardens, his lies about being attacked by Jeffrey Slominski in November 2004 had destroyed the latter's standing in society.
Schwan, who worked at Chicago Rock Café in Anchor Street, told police he had been raped by Slominski after a night out at the town centre bar on November 18 and maintained the allegation throughout his own trial.
But evidence from eyewitnesses and a taxi firm, which took Mr Slominski home to Sheering that evening, proved the two men could not have been in the same place at the time Schwan claimed the assault occurred.
On Tuesday, Mr Slominski, 26, told the Observer he was satisfied with the result. "He deserved it," he said. "It's not just me; it's the justice system he has messed around." In the wake of the rape allegation, he suffered verbal abuse and threats of violence in the street.
"I had a sentence myself for 18 months, waiting for the trial, and now it's his turn to do his sentence and his is going to be much harsher than mine," he added. "He is going to learn his lesson the hard way." He said his name had finally been cleared.
His sentiments were echoed by Det Sgt Richard Thomson, from British Transport Police, who investigated with Dc Basil Dias. The sentence, he said, reflected the gravity of Schwan's lies and the fact he wasted weeks of police time.
"I still haven't got to the bottom of why Daniel Schwan actually did it," he said. "We have to remember that if it hadn't been such an implausible story, it may well have been that Mr Slominski could have stood in the dock for raping him, with the chance that he could have been found guilty - we shouldn't overlook that."
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