A trial date has been set for a woman who is accused of making up false claims of sexual abuse against two former politicians.
Esther Baker, 43, of Liverpool, has indicated not guilty pleas to four charges of perverting the course of justice and will go on trial in March next year.
Baker appeared at Liverpool Crown Court for a hearing, but was not asked to formally enter her pleas to the charges.
Two of the allegations relate to former Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming and the late Liberal Democrat peer Roy Jenkins.
She is also accused of falsely identifying Simon Cole, the former chief constable of Leicestershire Police - who died in 2022, as someone who had aided or abetted the commission of sexual offences against her.
Details of the allegations were not read out in court, but according to court documents, Baker is alleged to have falsely identified Hemming as a person who had committed sexual offences against her.
Baker is said to have made similar claims about Baron Jenkins, who died in 2003.
She faces a fourth allegation that on one or more occasions she said she was the victim of sexual offences committed by groups of males in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, along with at other outdoor locations, private houses and locations unknown.
All of the alleged offences are said to have been committed between 31 December 2014 and 19 September 2020.
Judge Andrew Menary KC, Recorder of Liverpool, granted unconditional bail to the defendant, of West Derby, Liverpool.
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