A WOMAN who made ten false rape claims against two men including one who wore an ankle tag to prove his innocence has been jailed.
Cathy Richardson, 35, from Westcliff in Essex, made the allegations between January and May 2021 but has now been sentenced to more than five years in prison.
One of the men who faced the false accusations agreed to wear an ankle tag to prove to police he was nowhere near where an assault was said to have taken place.
Essex Police condemned Richardson’s actions, saying the accusations had made a “huge impact” on the men’s lives and had resulted in wasted police time and resources.
The force added her false allegations had also done a “great disservice” to real victims of sexual crimes.
Due to Richardson’s allegations, cops carried out 60 investigations, with one of the men she accused being arrested and made to undergo forensic examination.
During the investigation into Richardson’s claims, officers found that CCTV, phone data, and information from automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras showed the alleged attacker was not in the area at the time Richardson alleged the assaults to have taken place.
One of the men agreed to have a GPS tracking tag fitted to his ankle which would alert police if it was taken off or destroyed.
On various occasions, data from the tag showed the man was not in the area when Richardson said the attack had taken place.
Cops arrested Richardson on May 28, 2021 and she was later charged with perverting the...
Kolkata: Kolkata Police has been grappling with a fresh challenge since the past week — controlling fake news. While it initially started with fake circulars, beginning with "restrictions" on cert...