UK: Mum is jailed after her false rape claim resulted in the arrest of an innocent man

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'A MUM-of-four has been jailed for almost two years after lying that she was raped.

Lisa-Jayne Samuels told police that she was sexually assaulted and had her drink spiked in October 2012.

A court heard how the 29-year-old's claims led to the arrest of innocent Terry Brown who endured more than a year of suspicion before Samuels finally admitted she had lied.

During that time, it was reported that Mr Brown was attacked by a gang and his pregnant partner lost her baby.
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When interviewed, she gave a detailed description of the non-existent rapist, claiming she had been drinking with friends at a pub where she met a man she knew from a night shelter who spiked her drink and attacked her.

An e-fit was drawn up and Mr Brown, from Essex, was later arrested.

But he was later released without charge after police uncovered inconsistencies in Samuels' story.

CCTV showed no sign of Samuels at the time and place she was supposed to have been at the pub, and the friends she had spoken of did not to exist.'