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Rachel Smith & Alahna Kindred

Woman who lied about being raped and drove three men to suicide attempts is jailed

A woman who lied about being groomed by a gang of Asian sex traffickers has been jailed for eight and a half years.

Eleanor Williams, 22, published pictures of her injuries and an account of being groomed, trafficked and beaten, on Facebook in May 2020, in a post which was shared more than 100,000 times.

Her posts sparked demonstrations in her home town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and led to former English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson visiting the town to "investigate" the claims.

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