Father tells of ordeal after woman falsely accused him of Brighton rape

" A woman who falsely accused an innocent man of dragging her into gardens and raping her has been jailed for two years.
The innocent man Sharlene James alleged attacked her was arrested on suspicion of rape."

ghastly police response :

“I would like to stress that this will not affect in any way our response to reports of sexual offences and I would urge anyone who is a victim to contact us, even if the incident happened a while ago.
“We will take your report seriously and it will be dealt with sensitively and confidentially.

Perhaps Harriet Harman should comment on this extract from the piece?


'“But it has still had an impact,” he said. “The mental impact has been ridiculous.

“If I had been found guilty I would have been looking at ten years.

“She has got two. It is good that she is jailed but it should have been for longer. It should have at least been four.

“Women are raped and they are raped violently. Lying about it makes a mockery of genuine rape victims.”

He said the false allegation has also cost him about £800 in lost work and staying in hotels while the case was being investigated.'