Dawn Annandale, the author of Call Me Elizabeth, a "true story" of a mother who turned to prostitution, has admitted lying about allegations of rape and wasting police time in court.
The 39-year-old bestselling author could face a prison sentence when she returns to Folkestone magistrates' court next month.
The court heard that she told police an intruder had broken into her home at Lyminge, near Folkestone in Kent, and raped her on 14 March last year. She believed that the accusation might delay a £35,000 debt collection court hearing against her three days later.
It was only after a seven-month police search for the offender, at a cost of £15,000, while panic spread among the residents of Lyminge who believed a rapist was on the loose, that one of Annandale's friends contacted the police to say she was lying.
Last October, Annandale admitted to lying about the rape (more)
Source: Independent On-line