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Thursday, April 30, 2026

Prison officer wrongly arrested after false claims by ex-lover - Kent Online

An innocent prison officer was arrested three times because of false allegations made by an ex-lover who "craved attention".

Spiteful Emma Weller – described as "demanding, obsessive and manipulative" – set up fake social accounts and made claims she had received rape threats .

It resulted in Paul Miller – who worked at prisons on Sheppey – suffering a three-month nightmare in 2020 before finally being told there would be no charges.

Now Weller, 32, of Nautilus Drive, Minster, has been jailed for 32 months after admitting perverting the course of justice.

Mr Miller told Maidstone Crown Court in his victim impact statement: "This was the start of the worst time of my life..and I have been through a horrible divorce. The following months left me paranoid and anxious in ways I've never suffered before.

"I was arrested three times in May 2020. During the arrests, I had lots of my stuff taken away, including phones, computers and clothes.

"I also had to spend about two days in total locked up in three different police stations."

He revealed that following the last arrest he was left fending without a change of clothes.

Mr Miller, who attended the hearing, added: "I had nothing; no way of contacting my friends and family until I got myself yet another phone. I had no clothes other than what I was wearing when I left the police station in the middle of the night."

Prosecutor Tanya Robinson told how Weller started dating a police officer after the break up with the prison officer....



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