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This article by James Tozer appeared in the Daily Mail on the 27th September
A teacher cleared of sexually assaulting six pupils yesterday told of the agony of being ordered to live away from his wife and baby son.
Peter Wilson suffered the indignity of social workers attending the birth of his first child and making him swear he would not live with his family for the eight months it took to resolve the allegations.
Yesterday a jury took just 20 minutes to acquit him of all the charges, brought after girls at his primary school accused him of kissing them and touching ...
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This item which appeared under the title “Wicked’ Blackmailer Catherine Bennett took £26,000″ has been extracted from the BBC Wales website here
A woman has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after the “wicked and persistent” blackmailing of a man for £26,200.
Catherine Bennett, 30, of Newtown, Powys, threatened to lie to police and falsely claim her victim was a paedophile, Mold Crown Court heard.
She also falsely claimed the man from Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, who cannot be named, had raped her.
Bennett admitted blackmail between January and November last year.
The court heard her victim went into debt, took out loans ...
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A charity worker sacked after being the victim of false domestic abuse claims by his ex-fiancee was unfairly dismissal, a tribunal has ruled.
Patrick Clark was fired from Maxie Richards Foundation, based in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, following the allegations made by Joanne Lynch.
Mr Clark took the organisation to an employment tribunal after his ex-lover’s accusations were found to be untrue.
He has now won his case on the grounds of sexual discrimination and unfair dismissal following a hearing in Glasgow.
The tribunal ruled Mr Clark had not been given the same “credence” by the charity’s founder Maxie Richards ...
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This item has been extracted from the BBC Suffolk website (here)
Police have closed an investigation into an alleged sexual assault reported by a 20-year-old woman in Ipswich.
After speaking to the woman, detectives said the supposed incident on 9 August did not happen.
She had said she was attacked in woodland behind Downside Close at 05:00 BST when a man pushed her to the ground and sexually assaulted her.
Officers conducted a thorough investigation and established that the incident could not have occurred.
The woman is being supported by her family, a police spokesman said.
Det Insp Stuart Sowerby ...
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Eight national newspapers have made public apologies today to Christopher Jefferies for the libellous allegations made against him following the murder of Joanna Yeates.
These include
The Sun
Daily Mirror
Sunday Mirror
Daily Record
Daily Mail
Daily Star
The Scotsman
Daily Express
They have also agreed to pay him substantial libel damages, thought to total six figures.
The solicitor for Mr Jefferies, Louis Charalambous, told Mr Justice Tugendhat in the high court hearing that the newspapers had acknowledged the falsity of the allegations, which were published in more than 40 articles.
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The Guardian, 29th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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This article by Richard Garner first appeared in the Independent here.
Pupils who make malicious accusations against their teachers could face criminal prosecution under new guidance on school discipline issued by the Government.
Figures show that as many as one in four school staff have been accused of wrongdoing, often claims of assault, by pupils during their careers. The new guidance tells headteachers they have the right to exclude either temporarily or permanently any pupil who makes a false allegation. In extreme cases, it adds, they should inform the police if they believe a criminal offence has been committed.
The new policy document ...
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This item has been extracted from the STV website here
A man who falsely accused his friend of having sex with an under age girl has been ordered to carry out 100 hours of community service.
David McGhee called 999 on two occasions to claim that his friend was in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Officers from Strathclyde Police and the force’s family protection unit spent hours investigating the accusations, which turned out to be false.
McGhee, 24, was later arrested and told police that he had “just made it up” and did not know why.
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This item has been extracted from the Bolton News here
A teenager who falsely accused a taxi driver of raping her broke down in tears as she was jailed for 12 months.
Bolton Magistrates’ Court heard 133 hours of police time were wasted investigating the alleged crime.
The 17-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, confessed she made it up three days later.
But by that time 35-year-old taxi driver Shahnawaz Khan, who has never been in trouble with the police, had been arrested in front of his colleagues, had intimate samples taken and was kept in ...
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This story was first published on the Liverpool Echo website here
A prostitute was sentenced to more than two years in jail after falsely accusing a man of raping her at knifepoint.
Shinaed Kelly, 20, was only on her second night as a sex worker when she accused the innocent man of attacking her in Liverpool city centre.
Martin Decker, prosecuting, said on September 24 last year, Kelly approached a policeman while she was working in Devon Street to complain of a man “acting weird”.
The officer spoke to a man and moved him ...
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A woman with a history of making false allegations of sexual abuse, who told police that her father had raped her, has been jailed.
The lying accusation nearly ruined the business career of father Phillip Marrill, Guildford Crown Court heard on Monday (February 28).
His daughter Emma, 21, from Camberley, persisted with the false allegations claiming that her father had sexually abused her from the age of 15.
It was only after six months that Emma confessed she had fabricated the allegation.
Judge Neil Stewart told her: “You have done this both previously and subsequently.”
Miss Marrill, of Horshoe Crescent, Camberley, ...
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This news report by Steven Morris has been extracted from the Guardian website
A schoolgirl who was found guilty of falsely accusing a 14-year-old boy of rape when she was 15 was told by a judge she had only narrowly avoided a custodial sentence.
District judge Joti Bopa Rai said the girl would have been sent to prison if she had been an adult, for years rather than months. The girl, ...
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A woman who repeatedly made false allegations against her husband could be jailed if she breaks a court order to stop her wasting police time.
Amanda Taylor was yesterday prohibited from contacting more than a dozen named people, including a doctor and police officers in North Yorkshire.
The 34-year-old was due to stand trial on 21 charges of perverting the course of justice, but they were dropped after two days of legal discussions.
The case collapsed after doctors were unable to agree whether Taylor was of sound enough mind to realise her claims were false.
Although a ...
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A father of three says he has lost two decades of his life after being falsely accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.
Ian Henderson served 16 months in jail alongside sex offenders at Wandsworth prison after being convicted of indecent assault in 1990.
The former coach driver, 47, is in line for substantial compensation after his alleged victim, Carrie Crownshaw, confessed to making up the accusations, 20 years after her evidence saw him jailed.
Mr Henderson, from Stanmore, says his wrongful conviction is the main reason why he has not worked since 2002. In recent years, many jobs would have been ...
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A girl of 16 who falsely accused three men of raping her has been jailed for six months.
She had sex with Alex Lewis, 20, but was afraid her boyfriend would find out she cheated on him.
So the girl, who cannot be named, claimed Mr Lewis’s two mates held her down while he raped her.
She was seen on CCTV kissing him in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, and admitted lying, the town’s crown court heard. She admitted trying to pervert the course of justice.
Acknowledgement: Daily Mail Geoffrey Lakeman, Daily Mirror 8/12/2010
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Investigation into fake rape charges wasted 200 hours of police time, jury hears
A woman who falsely accused a man of rape and turned his life into the “stuff of nightmares” was jailed today for 18 months. Samantha Merry, 21, of Chelmsford, Essex, admitted perverting the course of justice during a hearing at Chelmsford crown court.
Judge Anthony Goldstaub QC said Merry’s “wickedness” had “discredited the administration of justice” and wasted police time. Prosecutors said Merry had made ...
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A teenager who cheated with her ex-boyfriend has been jailed for 12 months – for falsely claiming he raped her.
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A 27-year-old woman has been jailed for 16 months after falsely claiming she was raped in a park in Surrey.
Maria Brustenga-Vilaseca told police she was attacked in Borelli Walk, off South Street, Farnham while she was walking home from the railway station.
Surrey Police said detectives found she had in fact been at a party in Addlestone and had invented the attack.
Brustenga-Vilaseca admitted perverting the course of justice at an earlier hearing at Guildford Crown Court.
She had claimed she was walking through the park when a stranger approached her from behind, dragged her to the ground and ...
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“A woman who falsely claimed her ex-boyfriend raped her after giving her a Pringles sandwich laced with diazepam was jailed for three years today.”
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The Independent, 1st November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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An office worker who falsely cried rape is facing jail after her lies led to an innocent man being arrested.
Samantha Merry, 21, who calls herself ‘Sexy Sam’ on her MySpace web page, admitted making up the allegation against a 37-year-old man.
The suspect was arrested at his home and faced a four-month police investigation, with the possibility of a lengthy jail term if convicted.
Judge Anthony Goldstaub QC, sitting at Chelmsford Crown Court, told Merry: ‘Sort out your affairs on the assumption you’re likely to be ...
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An innocent man who was falsely accused of rape by his ex-girlfriend today told how the lies had twice driven him to attempt suicide.
Father-of-two David Lord, 23, was arrested and detained in a police cell for six-and-a-half hours after obsessed Elizabeth Wilkinson falsely claimed he had raped her four times.
He had his fingerprints and DNA taken, lived a nightmare for a month before being told no action was being taken against him by police.
Today shop assistant Wilkinson, 21, of Oswaldtwistle, ...
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A mother who made a false allegation that she was raped by two men in Norwich has been jailed for 18 months.
Bernadett Kore, 29, of Friarscroft Lane, Wymondham, Norfolk, admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Norwich Crown Court heard that after she made her false rape claim the police investigation cost £15,000.
Kore gave detailed descriptions of the men she claimed had raped her and two men were arrested.
‘Wicked story’
Both were arrested in October 2009 after the allegation was first made.
They were detained for 23 hours and it was only in February this year that ...
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A woman who sparked a £150,000 police investigation by ripping her clothes and giving herself a black eye, then lying about a violent sex attack, has been told she will be jailed.
Four students spent nearly three days behind bars as a result of the convincing injuries Leyla Ibrahim inflicted on herself, with one of the suspects attempting to kill himself.
But detectives became suspicious of the 22-year-old’s story and the men were released without charge.
It emerged Ibrahim invented the attack after a row with a male friend when he refused to lend her the money ...
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Falsely accused caterer begins battle to get back his life and cash
Monday, March 08, 2010, 07:30
A woman who falsely accused a Derbyshire man of rape after taking £71,500 of his cash has been ordered to pay back the entire amount.
David Wilson, 45, spent seven months in custody on remand when he was charged with several crimes, including rape, after allegations were made against him.
But four days before he was due to appear in court, he was told by police that new information had come to light and he was free to go.
Mr ...
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A woman falsely accused her ex-boyfriend of repeatedly raping her in a “perverted act of revenge”.
Liverpool crown court was told 44 year-old Julie Watts, went to police and made lengthy and detailed rape allegations about former partner John Maguire.
She even told officers that he had regularly used a knife to force her to have sex with him.
Liverpool crown court heard she “thought better of it eventually” and a month later retracted her allegations.
But the court heard that was not the end of Mr Maguire’s ordeal because prosecutors often see retractions from genuine victims.
The Crown Prosecution Service had to decide whether ...
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An innocent man who was arrested after a woman he had never met made a false rape allegation spoke of his continuing ordeal after she was jailed yesterday.
Rosanne England, 21, tore her underwear, scratched her own face and then told police she had been attacked by a stranger who knocked on her door.
Retired engineer Derek Cummings matched the description of her ‘attacker’ and had no alibi because he had been walking his dog in woods alone at the time England said she was raped in May last year.
Rosanne England was jailed for 18 months at Winchester Crown Court after she ...
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