Woman faces prison for false rape claim
A WOMAN who made a false rape claim that led to a man's arrest has been warned she faces jail.Nicola Osborne told police she was attacked by a man who forced her into a car after pulling up alongside her as she walked in Fratton Road, Fratton, in the early hours.
The 32-year-old claimed he drove her to a nearby park and raped her before driving her back to Fratton Road at about 3am on July 5 last year.
Osborne's deceit started after she was found near the Co-operative Club in Kingston Road, Buckland, by a passer-by who called police.
Police arrested a 26-year-old man and quizzed him on suspicion of rape in connection with the claim three days later.
However he was later released without charge.
Osborne, from Winchester Road, Buckland, was then arrested and charged with perverting the course of justice.
Yesterday she pleaded guilty to the crime at Portsmouth Crown Court.
But Judge Richard Price has now ordered another hearing before she is sentenced after Osborne disputed the facts of the case.
He said: 'In this case there is in my judgment what amounts to a significant difference between the accounts given by the two people involved.
'The defendant's account is that she wasn't consenting, although she did not give any indication of the lack of consent to the man involved.
'His account is very different.
'His account is not only was she very clearly consenting but she was making it very clear that she was very clear in consenting.
'In my judgment that could make a significant difference in relation to sentence.'
Judge Price released Osborne on bail.
But he warned her that she faces jail.
A judge will make a decision on the facts of the case at a hearing to be held at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday, January 31.
Addressing Osborne, Judge Price said: 'The offence to which you have pleaded guilty is a very serious offence indeed.
'It is almost inevitable that you will be going to prison.
'Do not assume that because I have allowed you to have bail that will be the outcome when you are sentenced - that you will retain your liberty.
'Whatever the outcome on January 31, whatever is the decision of the judge, it is very likely that you will go to prison.
Link: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Woman-faces-prison-for-false.6693892.jp
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"Perverting the course of justice", it has a kinda poetic sound, for it is perverts who want to pervert justice in order for political gain and "Empowerment".
Justice has a natural course it takes, in which it somewhat correlates and flows along with "truth".
To "pervert" justice; can mean in some basic sense "to embrace lies".
To persecute innocent men (now mostly young men and boys) based on "non truths", is a "perversion" of a sound legal machinery, hence the poetic phrase, "perverting the course of justice".
"To persecute innocent men (now mostly young men and boys) based on "non truths", is a "perversion" of a sound legal machinery, hence the poetic phrase, "perverting the course of justice"."
Geez, S,
You might want to start reading the stories, or maybe at least the headlines - "Woman faces prison for false rape claim".
It was yet another account of a woman making a false claim that the police investigated and uncovered her lies, and ultimately she plead guilty for having done so.
This is yet another triumph in the effort to punish women for FRAs so as to create a better deterrent.
This is another one we can chalk-up as a "win".
Yes, a man (I'm guessing her consensual sex partner) was questioned. But, it seems his account was the one that was believed. And, even her "disputing" certain aspects of the case against her isn't going to help her, as judge Price notes:
"Whatever the outcome on January 31, whatever is the decision of the judge, it is very likely that you will go to prison."
This was an ideal outcome to an issue created entirely by a woman who chose to lie (and no one else).
A fantarstic and correct outcome. A (relatively rare) example of the criminal justice system actually getting the correct result. The woman has done a terrible thing and she will now be punished for it. I only hope she receives a lengthy sentence to discourage other women contemplating lodging a FRA.
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