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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Eleanor Barlow

Medical records of alleged grooming gang victim do not match claims, court hears

Medical records of a woman who claimed she was the victim of a grooming gang do not match allegations she was beaten, stabbed and given a “backstreet abortion”, a court has heard.

Preston Crown Court heard Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, made the claims to her boyfriend in a message, in which she also said she developed a heroin addiction after being given the drug while locked in a caravan.

The 22-year-old is accused of perverting the course of justice by claiming she was raped and groomed by a number of men, including an Asian gang.

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