A woman who falsely claimed she was drugged, raped and forced to work as a prostitute was sentenced to more than eight years in prison.
“I’m sure she chose to lie about Asian men because she was modelling her lies on other cases of national prominence,” Altham said. “She regarded the prospects of being believed as greater if she based them on cases already in the public consciousness.”Williams had claimed that Mohammed Ramzan, a business owner, had groomed her from the age of 12 and took her to Amsterdam where she was forced to have sex for money and sold her at auction.
Ramzan said he received countless death threats from around the world on social media. He was in such despair that he tried to kill himself in front of his family, had his car windows smashed and his once-successful businesses were ruined, Altham said. The worst turmoil in three decades roiled Barrow, Altham said, with the town divided between those who believed police were complicit in a coverup of Williams’ allegations and others who feared vigilantes. The local newspaper was boycotted — and later folded — after reporting that Williams was under investigation for perverting justice.Williams offered an apology of sorts in a letter to the court saying, “I’m not saying I’m guilty but I know I have done wrong on some of this and I’m sorry.
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