UK: Woman charged with false Carlisle sex attack claim

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'A WOMAN who triggered a major investigation after claiming she was the victim of a sex attack in Carlisle has been charged with perverting the course of justice.

The 22-year-old is expected to appear in court following an alleged sexual assault in Cavendish Terrace, Stanwix, on January 4.

She answered police bail yesterday

The charge against her states that between January 3 and March 21, with intent to pervert the course of public justice, she made a false allegation that she was subject to a serious sexual assault which instigated a major police investigation during which four people were arrested.'

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manonthestreet

There seems to be a crop of these cases being reported. I wander if something has not been going on behind the scene. For sure such false reporting can not be new but it seems only now are we having prosecutions.

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