UK: No jail time for cheating wife who cried rape in text message to husband after fit of guilt over affair

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2009-12-06 07:18

Story here. Excerpt:

'A wife who cried rape because she felt guilty about cheating on her husband in their home was spared jail yesterday.

Helen Dalby went to extraordinary lengths to stand by her false claim, having a full medical examination and even helping create an e-fit of her imaginary attacker.

But despite wasting £3,800 of public money and showing little regard for two men arrested, she was given a ten-month suspended jail sentence after admitting perverting the course of justice.

Judge David Tremberg told 35-year-old Dalby: 'The men (who came under suspicion) no doubt will have wondered what might have happened to them if this nightmare did not go away. Your lies diverted a massive amount of precious police time and resources from proper duty.'

Dalby's behaviour risked weakening the cases of genuine rape victims and allowing dangerous offenders to be acquitted, he added. In similar cases prison sentences of up to two years have been imposed.

But the judge ruled this case was 'exceptional' because Dalby did not act out of 'spite or malice', and imposed a more lenient sentence.'

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And, if those men were to serve their mandatory 20-year sentence for that lie, what would the judge say then? "But, but, she didn't act out of spite or malice!"

MAJ

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Submitted by digital_dreamer on Mon, 2009-12-07 01:51

Disgusting fat cow of a woman. Should be jailed for ten years.

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Submitted by Proud_to_be_a_man on Mon, 2009-12-07 20:12