Evidence by Research
- Majority of allegations made against teachers in Wales are either unfounded, false or malicious
Research finding Wales – March 2012 - Nearly half the allegations made against teachers are unsubstantiated or unfounded
Government Research – York Consulting – October 2012 - The mythical memories: How a fifth of us fondly recall happy events that never actually happened
Newspaper report of research at Hull University – August 2011 - Your mind really does play tricks on you: Scientists discover people can be fooled into false memories
- Report of research undertaken by – Jacobs University, Germany – September 2010
- The mythical memories: How a fifth of us fondly recall happy events… that never actually happened
Report of research conducted by Hull University – August 2010 - ‘Researching Sex and Lies in the Classroom’, by Pat Sikes and Heather Piper
Research undertaken at Sheffield University – 2009 - NUT comment on Teacher Allegations
NUT Research – August 2010 - Two in three teachers accused of abuse are cleared
NASWT research – May 2010
Evidence in Official Reports
- IPPC hold that West Yorkshire Police Assumed Guilt of Innocent Men in Abuse Inquiry
Report of IPPC findings – January 2010 - UK Local Authorities admit that 15% of allegations made against teachers are unfounded
- Response to Question in Parliament (as reported in Daily Mail) – January 2010
Evidenced in Court Judgements (other than rape)
- Woman who threatened to falsely accuse man of being a pedophile jailed
Report of case in Mold Crown Court – August 2011 - Senior Judge names all adults in family case so the public could know father was falsely accused
Report of case in High Court, Family Division – Aug 2011 - Man falsely accused friend of having sex with under age girl
Glasgow Sherif Court – July 2011 - Teacher wins unlawful arrest case
Balli report of High Court judgement – July 2011 - A man who falsely claimed a traffic warden racially abused him jailed
Report of case heard in Portsmouth Crown Court – Feb 2011 - Norfolk teacher cleared
Report of case heard at Norwich Crown Court – Feb 2011 - Ex teacher cleared of rape of pupils
Report of case in Appeal Court in Glasgow on STV – February 2010 - Five year old boy wins Lidl defamation case after being wrongly accused of theft
Report of decision in a case heard at the Dublin Circuit Civil Court – July 2010 - Chef ordered to pay damages to a former friend he falsely accused of being a pedophile
Press report of case heard in the High Court – July 2010 - A teacher cleared of having sex with a pupil at a Cheshire special school said she knew she was exposing herself to the risk of a false accusation.
Press report of case heard at Chester Crown Court – May 2010
Evidence in Court Judgements (rape cases only)
- Daughter jailed for falsely accusing father of rape
Case heard at Guildford Crown Court – March 2011 - False rape claim Portsmouth woman jailed
Case heard at Portsmouth Crown Court – February 2011 - A schoolgirl who was found guilty of falsely accusing a 14-year-old boy of rape narrowly avoids a custodial sentence
Report of case heard at Cheltenham Youth Court – Feb 2011 - Why was graduate charged with rape?
Report of case heard at Cambridge Crown Court – August 2008 - A woman who repeatedly made false allegations against her husband could be jailed
Judgement in cases heard at Teeside Crown Court – Jan 2011 - Girl, 16, locked up for six months after falsely accusing three men of rape in Merthyr Tydfil
Report of case heard at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court - Dec 2010 - Woman who falsely accused man of rape is jailed for 18 months
Report of case heard at Chelmsford Crown Court – November 2010 - Woman who falsely accused man of rape is jailed for 18 months
Report of case heard at Bolton Crown Court – November 2010 - Woman jailed for false claim of rape in Farnham Park
Report of case heard at Guildford Crown Court – November 2010 - A bus driver falsely accused of stealing £21.60 from her employer almost had her life ruined because of a mathematical blunder.
Report of case heard at Coventry Crown Court – November 2010 - Women who falsely accused boyfriend of rape jailed for 3 years
Report of case heard at Guildford Crown Court – November 2010 - An office worker who falsely cried rape is facing jail after her lies led to an innocent man being arrested
Report of case heard at Chelmsford Crown Court - October 2010 - Woman is jailed for a year for ‘cry-rape’ charge that drove ex-boyfriend to try and kill himself twice.
Report of case heard at Burnley Crown Court – September 2010 - Mother who made a false allegation that she was raped jailed for 18 months.
- Press report of case heard at Norwich Crown Court – June 2010
- ‘Wicked’ woman saw four innocent men arrested after slashing her own face and crying rape
Press Report of case heard at Carsisle Crown Court – June 2010 - False accuser sent to prison after accusing a police officer of rape
- Press report of case at Oxford Crown Court – June 2010
- False accuser to pay back £71,000
Report of case heard at Derby Crown Court – March 2010 - A woman who cried rape after she dragged a man into public toilets for sex has escaped jail.
Report of case heard at Basildon Crown Court – February 2010 - A woman falsely accused her ex-boyfriend of repeatedly raping her in a “perverted act of revenge
Press report of case heard at Liverpool Crown Court – February 2010 - False claimer jailed for two years and nine months
- Report of case heard at Dornoch Sheriff Court – January 2010
- Cry rape businesswoman who falsely accused father of two is jailed for 18 months
Report of case heard at Winchester Crown Court – January 2010
Evidenced in Employment Cases
- Judge critical of employers decision to refer complaint to the police
Report of employment case in Court of Appeal – Feb 2012 - Ill headteacher unfairly dismissed in a rigged disciplinary process
Report in The Times – August 2012 - Charity worker sacked over false domestic abuse claims was ‘unfairly dismissed’
Report of case at Glasgow Employment Tribunal – August 2011 - Ill Headteacher unfairly dismissed in a rigged disciplinary process
Press report in Times of Employment Tribunal ruling – August 2011 - Falsely accused teacher wins battle to clear his name
Press report of Employment Tribunal Ruling – Daily Mail – August 2011 - Teacher pursues seven-year battle to return to classroom after being acquitted of sexual assault
Report of a case in London Employment Tribunal – January 2011 - Hull kickboxer-turned-mentor cleared to work with children after false accusations
Press report of an ISA ruling – August 2010 - Headmistress wrongly accused of racism by Muslim governors wins £400,000 payout
Report of employment case heard at Court of Appeal – March 2010
Other evidence
- Sex attack in Ipswich woodland did not happen, police say
Ipswich Police, press release – August 2011