Started by SIAM, Jan 18, 2010, 09:09 PM
A woman who made a false rape allegation that led to an innocent man being arrested has been jailed.Rosanne England, 21, cut and then tore her underwear and scratched her own face before telling police a masked stranger had entered her house.Derek Cummings, 59, who had never met England, was arrested because he fitted the description and had no alibi.England, of Holbury near Southampton, admitted perverting the course of justice and was jailed for 18 months.
Mr Cummings said he still had trouble from people close to where he lives in Fawley, Hampshire, who wrongly believe "there is no smoke without fire" and he cannot go into certain pubs."My family has been through hell," he said.
"I do not want to see a 21-year-old woman jailed but she knew I had been arrested and I was totally innocent. I have mixed feelings about her."