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A Facebook post in which a woman falsely claimed to have been the victim of an Asian grooming gang ripped a community apart.
Eleanor Williams, 22, was sentenced to eight & a half years in prison on Tuesday after she made a series of false rape allegations.
In May 2020, she posted images of herself with a swollen eye on Facebook & claimed she had been beaten, raped & trafficked by Asian men.
However, a court later heard she had caused the injuries to herself using a hammer.
Her post sparked outrage in her home town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, with public demonstrations targeting the local newspaper, the Asian community & police.
One restaurant had its windows smashed & fire alarms had to be installed at vulnerable premises, while journalists were threatened & 1 moved out of her home.
Racist graffiti was sprayed on walls, the local newspaper was boycotted & police officers were threatened.
During sentencing remarks on Tuesday which were broadcast live from Preston Crown Court, Honorary Recorder of Preston Judge Robert Altham said Williams had shown "no significant signs of remorse."
The Facebook post was shared more than 100,000 times, but the judge described her allegations as "complete fiction."
At the time she made her Facebook post, Williams was already on bail having been charged with 7 counts of perverting the course of justice.
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Source: Yahoo News
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