Mother spared jail in false rape claim

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'A young Shropshire mother-of-three, who falsely claimed she had been raped by her partner, has been spared a jail term.

Kirsty Smith, 23, was given a suspended prison sentence yesterday after the court heard she had been involved in an abusive relationship.

Judge Robin Onions told Smith that custody was the normal sentence for this type of offence which undermined the cause of true rape victims.
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In June, Smith, of Meadow Road, Newport, had admitted perverting the course of justice by making a false allegation of rape against Shane Chetwood in January last year when she was six months pregnant.

At Wolverhampton Crown Court yesterday, Smith was given 52 weeks in jail, suspended for two years, placed on supervision for a year and ordered to complete 150 hours unpaid work in the community.'