UK: Policewoman who lied and said an innocent officer sexually assaulted her because she was late for work is jailed

Article here. Excerpt:

'A police constable who reported late for duty falsely claimed it was because she had been sexually assaulted by a fellow officer.

Lauren Evans, 34, said a plain-clothes cop in an unmarked car stopped her while she was driving in March 2023 and falsely claimed he was called 'Watson.'

The next day, innocent PC Alex Watson – who Evans had never met – was arrested in front of his wife and children as they arrived home from a wedding.

By coincidence, Mr Watson was driving an unmarked car in the area where Evans, from Kent, alleged the attack had occurred.

He was arrested and spent 23 hours in custody before detectives established that Evans had made up the allegation.'