A WOMAN who lied about being raped by two strangers in a car faces jail for wasting police time.
Ann-Marie Gough, 33, of Manchester Drive, Leigh, yesterday admitted making a false statement at Leigh police station which led to a costly and time-consuming investigation.
Gough told police she had been out in Southend on July 11 and had a row with her ex-partner on the seafront.
When walking home, she said two unknown men forced her into a car in Hamlet Court Road, and then raped her in nearby London Road.
Prosecuting Lesley Chipps said: “A full-time extensive investigation was launched.
“There were house-to-house enquiries and a doctor examined her. Sixty hours of CCTV footage were viewed by officers. It’s been extremely costly to Essex Police.”
Gough, who has no previous convictions, admitted in later police interviews she lied about the rape and only left the house once that evening to have a cigarette.
However, Michelle Breindel, defending, said Gough still claimed she had been raped by two men that day, but said it took place inside her home.
Because she did not want to upset her four young children by having a forensic team search the house, she told police the attack took place in the town centre instead.
After she admitted she had lied about the rape, police asked her to make a formal statement about the alleged rape in her home. But she declined as she said she wanted no further action taken.
Miss Breindel said: “This is a very unusual case with some history to it.
“Her ex-partner has been harassing her over the past year and her children have been targeted.”
Gough will be sentenced on Monday, September 8, at Southend Magistrates’ Court. She is on unconditional bail until then.
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how can sum 1 be so sick and say they have been raped wen they havent, obviously nothing else better to do than lie, does she not have a thought for the girls that have been raped obviously not, hope u rot in hell for the lie you have told and what go`s around comes around.
how can sum 1 be so sick and say they have been raped wen they havent, obviously nothing else better to do than lie, does she not have a thought for the girls that have been raped obviously not, hope u rot in hell for the lie you have told and what go`s around comes around.
Totally agree co. To cry rape just to get attention is just the lowest of the low. its her poor kids i feel sorry for,How can anyone in their right mind do this? i hope she does get jailed cos she sure deserves it. To watse police time when there could have been a youg girl who had genuinley been raped or worse who the police could have been attending to, She needs a reality check i think and should be punished and made to pay for the lies she has told. Total waste of police resources, WHAT GOE AROUND COMES AROUND AND LIES DO CATCH UP WITH YOU !!!
Totally agree co. To cry rape just to get attention is just the lowest of the low. its her poor kids i feel sorry for,How can anyone in their right mind do this? i hope she does get jailed cos she sure deserves it. To watse police time when there could have been a youg girl who had genuinley been raped or worse who the police could have been attending to, She needs a reality check i think and should be punished and made to pay for the lies she has told. Total waste of police resources, WHAT GOE AROUND COMES AROUND AND LIES DO CATCH UP WITH YOU !!!
Maybe the Police should forward the cost of the wasted investigation to her.
Maybe the Police should forward the cost of the wasted investigation to her.
i totally agree shallotman, she shud be made to pay for wat she has done and pay in every way possible.
i totally agree shallotman, she shud be made to pay for wat she has done and pay in every way possible.
[quote from above report]
"After she admitted she had lied about the rape, police asked her to make a formal statement about the alleged rape in her home. But she declined as she said she wanted no further action taken."
The main reason she wanted no further action is probably because she wasn't raped at all. She just wanted attention and was jealous that her ex partner has a new girlfriend.she should play he whole cost of the police investigation. And be jailed too. many women out there do not report rape and live with the after effects for the rest of their lives. Hope she gets her just desserts.
[quote from above report]
"After she admitted she had lied about the rape, police asked her to make a formal statement about the alleged rape in her home. But she declined as she said she wanted no further action taken."
The main reason she wanted no further action is probably because she wasn't raped at all. She just wanted attention and was jealous that her ex partner has a new girlfriend.she should play he whole cost of the police investigation. And be jailed too. many women out there do not report rape and live with the after effects for the rest of their lives. Hope she gets her just desserts.
well what a very sad lady there people all over the country being stabbed and killed and u go waste police time with ur lies just for a bit of attention
well what a very sad lady there people all over the country being stabbed and killed and u go waste police time with ur lies just for a bit of attention
Women who make false accusations of rape should be given the sentence the man would have got if he was convicted.
Women who make false accusations of rape should be given the sentence the man would have got if he was convicted.