Charlene Kielty kept up the lie for 16 months before she confessed to police she had made the story up.
A woman who claimed she was dragged to the back of a bus and raped by the driver because she was "feeling unloved" has been jailed for 18 months.
It took Charlene Kielty 16 months before she admitted to police that her allegation of rape was a lie.
The man she accused of raping her said he was "shocked" and "very upset" at the allegation.
The 23-year-old told police officers she had been attacked at the back of a bus parked at Cromdale in Strathspey by a man she named as "Chris from Inverness".
Jailing her at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday, sheriff Ian Abercrombie said: "For months you maintained this deception and it is only today that the driver has had his name cleared.
"One cannot imagine the distress that you caused him and his family. This was a very serious allegation against a totally innocent bus driver.
"The public depend on them for their safety and have to have complete trust in them."
The woman, of Grosvenor Hotel, Inverness, was sobbing as she was led away from the court in handcuffs.
A statement from the bus driver she accused, read out in court, said: "I was so shocked that this allegation was made against me. I was very upset because I am not capable of raping anyone.
"I co-operated full because I knew I was innocent. My partner, who was pregnant at the time, and my parents believed me and fully supported me throughout. That has helped me get on with my life."
The court heard that she had made the allegation several times since reporting it on August 23, 2009.
Depute fiscal Ian Smith said she had gone to Aviemore Health Centre complaining of abdominal pains and told staff she had been raped four days earlier by the bus driver.
She was taken to Raigmore Hospital for tests and gave a full description of her alleged attacker to police officers.
The man she named turned up at the police station voluntarily and consented to a forensic examination to be carried out.
Suspicions arose that Kielty had lied about the rape but it was not until December 16, 2010 that she confessed she had made up the story.
Defence solicitor Iain Innes told the court: "She was suffering from borderline personality disorder and has difficulty cementing relationships, even with her parents.
"She was suffering from depression, and was suicidal at the time. Feeling unloved, at last someone was paying her attention and this appears to be the reason."
Link: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/highlands-islands/277159-woman-jailed-for-false-rape-claim-against-bus-driver/
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Funny, whenever I see a headline in which a false accuser gets jailed, I can be fairly sure this didn't happen in the United States.
I guess it's for the same reason the U.S. has the dubious honor of being the home of the rape lynch mob.
False accusation may be a global phenomenon, but casual immunity for the accuser is distinctly American.
Bus driver, under 'suspicion of rape' for two years. Doesn't say what his employers did about it?
its days like this im proud to be scottish
The critical thing is all of these women are falsely accusing specific male characters in the society. Because of these women want to label men who are really masculine as oppressors of women. The job of a bus driver is a dedicated job for men and it is identified as a male gender specific job. By falsely accusing these men, women can argue that there should be female drivers for securely travel. This is another hidden plan of feminists.
Should have been sentenced 2 18 YEARS in prison or,whatever the man in that case would have gotten had he been convicted.
I agree Billy.
Many people have never heard of the False Rape Society until they are in a precarious situation. Many people will say that this is not even an issue, and that there is no such thing as a false rape accusation. That nobody would lie about rape. How can they say this? I agree that there is no way in hell that this story happened in America; in America there is no penalty for a False Rape Accusation. Nancy Grace says it is gang rape / and to this day maintains this theory. Just recently we had a commenter say the same thing. As a person who has been affected by a False Rape Accuser, I can tell you that this is the only web site that speaks the truth and exposes the severity of this crime & fraud. False Rape Accusations have caused innocent men to be murdered, beaten, imprisoned from decades to life, loss of millions of dollars, loss of career, loss of family, loss of their home, and loss of reputation. This is a vicious crime that needs to be exposed an criminalized.
Thank you Pierce & Steven, for telling the truth.
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