English Woman Fond of Crying Rape Finally Gets Jailed for Fabrication of Lies, Accused Former Lovers of Rape Over 8 Yrs Each Time After Getting Ditched
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." A woman rejected in love can be very angry and dangerous. But in the case of Leanne Black who falsely accused all her former lovers of rape every time she got ditched in the last eight years, her idea of revenge eventually backfired on her.
On Tuesday, Judge William Gaskell of the Newport Crown Court, presumably fed up over Ms Black's drama as well as woeful but false accusations, ordered the 32-year-old woman from Cwmbran, South Wales jailed for a period of two years for her fabrication of lies against her ex-lovers.
"Police take all allegations of rape very seriously," Mr Gaskell said. "But women who make false allegations like you undermine the whole system and police investigations."
"It undermines the public's belief in the truth when allegations are truthfully made."
"False allegations of rape are extremely uncommon, but where they do occur they are serious offences," Siobhan Blake, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor in Wales, said.
Over the span of eight years since 2005, she had the police accost her former lovers for rape, a seemingly act of revenge every time she gets ditched.
Her rape stories ran from the simple to the complex. She claimed in one case that she had been drugged and raped, while in another, Ms Black said her boyfriend kidnapped and molested her. In one she even said she was raped in her sleep.
But lo and behold, she finally admitted to one count of perverting the course of justice. It is uncertain though what led the change of heart.
"Allegations of rape are dealt with robustly and those falsely accused should feel confident that we will prosecute these cases wherever there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to do so," Mr Blake said.
Inspector Rory Waring of the Gwent Police said he hoped Ms Black's verdict will serve as a warning against people who plan to make false allegations of rape.
"As well as causing distress to innocent people accused of this terrible crime, cases like this distract officers from supporting real victims and prosecuting real offenders."
"Those who have suffered from genuine offences are also undermined."