Woman Who Harmed Herself In Order To Lie About Being Raped By Five Men Is Jailed For Over Eight Years (Photos)

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

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.

Williams made serious sexual allegations against a large number of men between 2016 and 2020 – and had fabricated evidence.

She was discovered with hammer injuries to her legs and one of her fingers was partially severed, but CCTV video shows Williams in a Tesco store buying the weapon.

(Eleanor Williams shopping in a Spar, at a time she claimed she was being trafficked)

Sentencing Williams, Judge Robert Altham said: “We are aware that the sex trafficking of young females does occur. There is a risk genuine victims will be put off reporting and fear they will not be believed I am sure anyone investigating will do everything they can to support them.”

He added: “It is troubling she appears to show no remorse.”

Yesterday, three men who were falsely accused of rape by Williams told the court the allegations caused them to attempt to take their own lives.

Judge Robert Altham said Williams made serious sexual allegations against a large number of men between 2016 and 2020 – and had fabricated evidence, LancashireLive reports.