UK: Student who falsely claimed rape has jail-sentence appeal rejected

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'A student whose false rape claims resulted in one of the Thames Valley Police force’s most expensive investigations has been told by top judges she deserved to be sent to prison.

The former Reading University student, who cannot be identified, cried rape after some friends found her looking dishevelled when returning from a night out.

Although the 21-year-old, originally from Birmingham, did not point the finger directly at anyone, the thorough police investigation which followed her claim led to a man being arrested and held overnight until he proved he was elsewhere at the time of the alleged rape.
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Last Thursday she challenged her jail term, with her lawyers arguing it should be suspended in light of her troubled history and evidence which had recently surfaced.

But her appeal was dismissed by top judges, who said that, barring “exceptional circumstances”, anyone committing an offence involving a false allegation of rape must go to prison as their lies undermined justice, wasted police time and risked innocent people being prosecuted.'