Months into the investigation into Eleanor Williams' claims she was the victim of an Asian grooming gang, police discovered inconsistencies.

She was arrested and has now been found by a court to have made everything up and sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison after making a series of false rape allegations.

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The 22-year-old made a series of claims that she was abused by an Asian gang and raped by multiple men as early as 2017.

Here we take a look at the details that prosecutors said helped prove her accusations were "a pack of lies".

First false allegation

The first false allegation was made by Williams when she was 16.

Preston Crown Court heard she had been with others at Cameron Bibby'shouse in November 2017 when she was sick after drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis.

Mr Bibby and his friends contacted Williams' family who collected her and later took her to hospital, where she alleged she had been raped. Williams withdrew support from prosecution in January 2018, after Mr Bibby had been arrested.

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Trafficking

Williams also claimed she had been groomed since the age of 12 or 13 by local business owner Mohammed Ramzan, who she falsely claimed took her across the region and persuaded her to have sex with other men.

She described punishment beatings, rape, a girl nearly dying as a result of a beating and another having a dog set on her.

"This was a detailed account of the most serious sort of...

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