Yet another "rare" false allegation. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2694254...ailed-18-months.html

She got 18 months, he could of got 9 years and an IPP, she should face the same as it would of destroyed his life. He is a VICTIM ! how will this effect his dating in the future and trust in women ?

Not seen MWT tweet this one and he should if he is truely inpartial

Help, is there anyone who could be kind enough to email me this article. wjohnlmarsh@yahoo.co.uk Long story but living in Thailand at the moment, own resources, due to redundancy. And the dailymail site is blocked here so can not view anything on the dailymail.

After I was released from prison I kept a file of these alternative stories (normally only warranting a couple of lines or a brief snatch of a local paper) - there were literally hundreds of them; overturned convictions on appeal; perjury; false allegations… A superb regular monthly news letter called SAFARI has been listing them in detail over the years. It's a massive resource against those "oh cases are so rare" bleaters. Add to that the hundreds of thousands that never come to court. Often because police officers might have to admit to "assisting" witness statements.

I recommend subscribing to Safari; well worth it.

Cut and pasted.



An internet dater who cried rape when a man crept out of a hotel room after they had sex because she didn’t match her online profile has been jailed.
Emily Pike, 23, met Tom Mills online before they arranged to meet in person at a Premier Inn at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol to spend the night together.
However, after deciding Pike didn’t match the description on her dating profile, Mr Mills fled the hotel and later sent her a text to say he was helping a friend in an emergency.
Pike then contacted the police and claimed the 24-year-old had raped her in the hotel and car park .
However, CCTV images proved she was lying and she was jailed for 18 months at Bristol Crown Court for perverting the course of justice.
In sentencing yesterday, Judge Julian Lambert told her: ‘You know it is wrong to lie and it is wrong to lie and get somebody into trouble. Lie about rape and you are getting somebody into big trouble.


Whether you couldn’t learn, or you didn’t learn, your web of falsehoods led to a young man being arrested for rape.
‘He was at risk of many years of prison and he spent 12 hours in custody.’
The court heard how the pair had initially arranged to meet in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, for a sexual tryst in October 2011.
But when they couldn’t find a room they checked into the Premier Inn at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, to have sex.

However, Pike awoke after the encounter to find Mr Mills had vanished.
Anna Midgley, prosecuting, said: ‘After he left Miss Pike alone she tried to call him. He sent her texts, saying he had to help a friend in accident and emergency.
‘After, she called the police. She made an allegation he raped her.
‘She said she had consensual phone sex and when she arrived at the Premier Inn he forced himself on her.
‘She said they left together and he raped her a second time in the passenger seat of his car.’


Mr Mills was arrested and subjected to medical samples, swabs and hours of questioning, the court heard.
But when police looked at the hotel CCTV, they saw the pair did not leave together and telephone messages did not back up Pike’s claims.
The court heard Pike, from Caerphilly, south Wales, has 15 previous convictions which include an earlier false rape claim which she had apologised for.
James Tucker, defending Pike, said she had a history for telling ‘fantastic lies’ and also claimed to have married a man in Iraq.
‘She understands what she is doing is intended to pervert the course of justice. Why she is doing it is seemingly lost upon her,’ he said, adding she had a personality disorder issues.
‘She is an incredibly vulnerable person.
‘She is acutely vulnerable at her own hands. Prison will punish her and open her eyes as to understanding why she is offending in the way she is.’


After the court hearing, Detective Constable Richard Worrin said: ‘We take all reports of sexual assault and rape very seriously and this case should not deter people with genuine complaints coming forward to us.
‘In this case, the allegations of rape were proved untrue through CCTV evidence and not by Emily Pike’s own admission.
‘I would like to stress that prosecutions such as this are extremely rare but false allegations of rape undermine the experiences of actual victims and can have a devastating impact on those who are wrongly accused.’

Thanks JK and Honey.

You're welcome - I've often said, I believe if a defendant read out in court appeals granted, perjury verdicts, false allegation reports and other events from simply the last few months, a jury would acquit after a couple of hours of detail. Ordinary people simply do not know how many extraordinary accusations and fantasies there are.

Further recommended reading - Anna Raccoon's forensic examination of the NHS reports on Jimmy Savile.

And if you have time buy today's Times and read David Aaronovitch's column.

Honey - perhaps more cut'n'pasting if you're a subscriber (Firewall!).

Pike has 15 previous convictions which include an earlier false rape claim which she had apologised for.

... says it all doesn't it ?

DON'T TELL HIM, PIKE!