A woman who demanded money for sex from four men then cried gang rape is facing jail for wasting police time.
Carol Morton, 26, offered the Spanish men a group sex session in return for £20 each.
However, when the men tried to steal the money back, she became hysterical and claimed to police that she had been gang-raped.
Officers discovered it was consensual after one of the accused produced a video of the evening.
The investigation cost police £2500 and used the resources of 16 officers before Morton withdrew the allegations.
She faces jail after admitting wasting police time at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday.
The court heard Morton had been going home from a night out in February when she got talking to a group of Spanish men.
The men invited her to continue drinking at their flat in Coates Place and she agreed.
Morton told them she would have sex with them all if they each paid her £20.
The four men agreed, but plotted to retrieve their money.
Acknowledgement: The Edinburgh Evening News