Three attempted suicides, several wrongful jail terms, an attack on a curry house and a storm of misled public outrage: One woman’s false accusations of abuse at the hands of an Asian grooming gang had far-reaching consequences.
On Tuesday, a judge at Preston Crown Court sentenced Eleanor Williams, 22, of Barrow-in-Furness, to eight-and-a-half years in jail after her claims of being raped, beaten and trafficked by a group of men were disproven.
