Victims of rape claim "fantasist" Eleanor Williams have revealed how the allegations destroyed their lives.
Williams, 22, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, told police she had been raped and beaten by a gang of men.
She was 19 when she claimed in a Facebook post in May 2020 that she had been groomed, trafficked and beaten by a gang of Asian men.
Her post was shared more than 100,000 times and brought a wave of attention to her home town.
Williams posted pictures of her battered and bloodied face on Facebook. But prosecutors said she had caused the injuries herself using a hammer.
She was found guilty in January of eight counts of doing acts tending and intended to pervert the course of justice.
Williams will be sentenced this week at Preston Crown Court during a two-day hearing expected to conclude on Tuesday.
On Monday, the court heard that three men had tried to take their own lives as a result of Williams' false rape allegations.
On the first day of her sentencing hearing, the business owner who was accused of grooming Williams – Mohammed Ramzan – told the court his life had been made “hell on earth” by the allegations.
Mr Ramzan, who was in tears as he spoke from the witness box, said two weeks after he was arrested following Williams’ claims he attempted to take his own life.
He said: “I still bear the scars to this day.”
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