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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Rachel Smith & Sophie Halle-Richards

Police didn't have 'single piece of evidence' to support woman's claims she'd been groomed by Asian gang

Police investigating claims that a young woman had been trafficked by an Asian gang didn't have a 'single piece of evidence' that she was being groomed, a court heard.

Eleanor Williams falsely accused a number of men of rape, dating back to 2017, and told police she was groomed, trafficked and beaten by an Asian gang.

She is appearing at Preston Crown Court today (13 March) where she is due to be sentenced, after a jury found her guilty of eight counts of doing acts tending and intended to pervert the course of justice.

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