So the next point to be considered; after the excellent Judge in Cyprus decided the False Accuser had lied about rape - she fully retracted her allegations after solid evidence was produced including one boy showing he wasn't even there - and she is now facing jail for Attempting To Pervert The Course Of Justice - what about the 56,000 in the UK who did similar, ruining innocent peoples' lives by making equally false claims?

Should they be prosecuted and jailed? And how about their enablers - police who called liars "victims" and announced them "credible and true"? In attempts to winkle out others prepared to lie?

My own thought is - the majority - NO. Many false accusers are genuinely deluded, often through recreational use of drugs or drink or, more often, due to a diet of fictional media stories equating a stolen kiss to rape.

But the malicious minority who do it for cash or revenge or desire for fame? Yes; like Carl Beech (who did it for a Ford Mustang - no class). And police and media who pretend to believe the obvious fantasists. Yes. They should be prosecuted and jailed, though not for as long as the ridiculous 18 years (also media inspired; Judges fall for media coverage too).

Mind you; do we, as a Society, really want to waste so much police time? I reckon the obvious fantasists like Beech and this AyiaNapa woman, should simply be told that, if they want to proceed and prosecutions fail, they may face long jail terms of fines.

That'll stop 'em.

Though probably NOT all 56,000 False Accusers in the UK last year (see media coverage).

58,657 allegations of rape in the year up to March, but only 1,925 successful prosecutions.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50812810

JK2006 wrote:

Though probably NOT all 56,000 False Accusers in the UK last year (see media coverage).

As well as hypocrisy I hate the misuse of statistics to try and support a particular point of view.

If there has been 58,657 allegations of rape in period of time and only 1,925 prosecutions in the same time period that does not mean there were 56,000 false allegations. There are many, many reasons why a complaint doesn’t end in a prosecution. I agree some will be because no rape took place but there will also be other instances where the victim decided the problems associated with pursuing a prosecution wasn’t something they wanted. A rape can have happened but the CPS may have determined there isn’t enough evidence available, that doesn’t make the allegation false.