No. Ireland: Woman made false rape claim to get ‘free lift home with police’

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'A YOUNG woman falsely claimed she was raped in the Castlederg area in order to get a lift home with police, a court heard.

Judge Melody McReynolds told Dungannon Crown Court on Tuesday that Emma Louise Gallagher, Ardnalee Park, Strabane, had made a “gratuitous and lightly made allegation to secure a free police lift home”.

The 23-year-old had made a false report to police on September 16 2013 that she had been raped by a male who had been in her company earlier on the date in question. She had made the report shortly after coming into a house in the Castlederg area, a place she was not familiar with.

A man, whose identity can’t be revealed for legal reasons, was subsequently questioned for four hours by police.

The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge of perverting the course of justice and was given a nine months jail sentence suspended for two years.'