A Burnley woman who falsely accused her lover of rape has been jailed for two years today.
Keeley Horrocks, 20, of Grant Street, Burnley, accused the 59-year-old victim who was arrested and had his home searched by police, Bolton Crown Court heard.
He was then interviewed and vehemently denied any wrongdoing, explaining that the pair had been in a consensual sexual relationship for nine months.
The suspect, from Rochdale, was released on bail after spending up to 20 hours in custody.
Horrocks underwent a full medical examination and over several days was video interviewed by trained officers, and gave a lengthy and detailed account of her ordeal, all of which proved to be false.
Evidence was reviewed and it emerged that the report of rape had been made shortly after the "suspect" sent a text message to the woman's ex-boyfriend, with whom she was trying to rekindle her relationship.
The man from Rochdale suspected that he and the ex-boyfriend were both being lied to.
Horrocks later pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice following her initial report of rape to police on January 3 2010.
Link: http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9310344.Burnley_woman_jailed_over_false_rape_claims/
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-criminal jailed: check
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If I had seen this 2 years ago, I would have thought I had awoken in an alternate universe.
I see green shoots sprouting in this very early spring of men's rights. If only the article had been sourced from the United States. I live in hope.
Anonymous - ”If I had seen this 2 years ago, I would have thought I had awoken in an alternate universe.
I see green shoots sprouting in this very early spring of men's rights.”
A sentiment I would echo whole-heartedly.
There are signs that things are starting to turn-around WRT the issue of FRA’s. Police are treating the allegations properly, and investigating as they should – leading to a marked increase in the identification of objectively false claims. And, more women are facing serious consequences for their choices in making FRA’s (although, as you suggest, the UK is far ahead of the US in this regard).
But, even though the punishments still don’t fit the crime her in the US, it is encouraging to see more instance of FRA’s being revealed by police and reported on by the press, two entities which had long been complicit (even if unwittingly) in obscuring the truth about the reality of women using lies about being raped for their own personal ends.\
I cannot help but believe that The False rape Society has had a large, although not obviously visible hand in this turn around. By aggressively pursuing and presenting the issue, this site has made it harder and harder for a growing number of people to simply ignore it or write it off as a mere handful of extremely rare instances of mentally and emotionally challenged women being confused.
It has also made it harder for the missteps of law enforcement and the criminal justice system to be quietly “swept under the rug”. Now, thanks to FRS, their screw-up are documented, archived, and readily available for public examination. This must certainly exert pressure on them to be more careful and more diligent in their approach to allegations of rape (we see fewer and fewer of the instances of unquestioning white-knighting, in which the first response is to aggressively pursue, arrest, humiliate, and smear a male suspect now occurring – where such was the norm just a few years ago).
Now, many examples of how to do it properly stand in stark contrast to the inglorious F’ups for LE to consider.
Yes, there are some good signs showing up – thanks to the efforts of Pierce and E. Steven in creating and maintaining this site, IMHO.
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