Eleanor Williams: Woman guilty of false rape claims

A pistillate who falsely claimed she had been raped and trafficked by an Asian grooming pack has been recovered blameworthy of perverting the people of justice.

Eleanor Williams, 22, of Barrow-in-Furness, was recovered blameworthy of 8 counts astatine Preston Crown Court.

She posted photos connected societal media successful May 2020 of injuries she said were from being beaten but the assemblage heard she inflicted the wounds connected herself.

One antheral told the tribunal the mendacious accusations had "ruined" his life.

Her Facebook station was shared much than 100,000 times and sparked demonstrations successful her location town, however, the tribunal heard this was a "finale" to her communicative and she had injured herself with a hammer.

Jonathan Sandiford KC, prosecuting, said Williams had gone online to "effectively find random names" to contiguous arsenic either victims oregon perpetrators of trafficking.

Some of the radical she made allegations astir were existent portion others did not exist, the assemblage heard.

She had sent immoderate messages to herself, and successful different cases manipulated existent radical successful to sending messages she past claimed were from abusers.

A Snapchat relationship Williams claimed belonged to an Asian trafficker called Shaggy Wood was recovered to beryllium the relationship of an Essex antheral called Liam Wood.

Mr Wood worked successful Tesco and had believed Williams was a person from Portsmouth who was readying to sojourn him.

Williams had falsely claimed concern proprietor Mohammad Ramzan had groomed her since the property of 12.

While nether cross-examination, Mr Ramzan asked Louise Blackwell, defending: "Don't you deliberation you person enactment my beingness done capable hell, oregon your lawsuit has?"

Williams said Mr Ramzan had made her enactment successful brothels successful Amsterdam and sold her astatine an auction there.

However the tribunal heard that astatine the time, his slope paper was being utilized successful a Barrow B&Q.

Another antheral falsely accused of rape, Jordan Trengove, told the tribunal the allegations had "ruined" his life.

Honorary Recorder of Preston Judge Robert Altham adjourned sentencing to March.