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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Independent Staff

Woman who told ‘pack of lies’ about being abused by ‘Asian grooming gang’ is jailed after beating her own face with hammer

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A 22-year-old woman has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after falsely claiming to have been the victim of an Asian grooming gang.

Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday after making a series of false rape allegations.

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