Eleanor Williams

A 22-year-old woman, whose lies caused a storm of anger and protests after she falsely claimed she was the victim of an Asian grooming gang, has been jailed ...

In a statement read out by the defence, Williams said: "I know I've made some mistakes and I am sorry. The person the press are portraying is not the person I know." Describing one evening, she said: "One of the men was harassing Ellie at the bar and some of our friends had seen it and they'd warned him off. It was the prosecution's case that Williams inflicted these injuries upon herself in an effort to support her lies. "He grabbed her outside of the takeaway, and started pulling her arm saying, 'come on we're going'. Nor does Lucy believe that her sister went to sex parties from the age of 12, as they shared a room together, and she would have noticed. I'm not saying I am guilty, but I know I have done some wrong and so I'm sorry." She said: "I can't describe it. She said she also watched the messages come through and even filmed threatening snapchats such as an image of a gun and machetes. Two owners of local Indian restaurants who didn't want to be named told Sky News they had bricks thrown through their windows and were spat at in the street. Mohammed Ramzan, who was accused by Williams of rape and trafficking, said he had tried to kill himself two weeks after being arrested. asking her to go out, to wear certain types of clothing, to make sure she looks good for tonight.

The allegations by Williams resulted in a large-scale police investigation into crimes including human trafficking and child sex offences and the investigation ...

Williams was found guilty of perverting the course of justice following a trial which finished in January. Anyone who has suffered physical or sexual abuse - whether recent or non-recent - is encouraged to pick up the phone and contact police today. Williams named specific individuals as being responsible for trafficking and abusing her – individuals who were found to have committed no such offences. The charges arose after Williams accused multiple men over a period of three years of raping and trafficking her. Williams, who was already on bail at this time having been charged with seven counts of perverting the course of justice, uploaded pictures to social media of serious injuries she had sustained to her face and body. He said it was troubling there had been "no significant sign of remorse" and "no explanation why the defendant would commit these offences".

In a Facebook post in May 2020, which was shared more than 100000 times, she described being beaten, abused and trafficked by Asian men.

Superintendent Matthew Pearman, of Cumbria Police, said Williams' allegations led to "public displays of mass anger" in Barrow, with protests held outside the police station and on a retail park. When police made inquiries, they found she had travelled to the seaside resort alone and stayed in a hotel, where she bought a Pot Noodle from a nearby shop and then remained in her room watching YouTube on her phone. I'm devastated at the trouble that has been caused in Barrow, if I knew what consequences would have come from that status I never would have posted it." Williams claimed Mr Ramzan, 43, had groomed her from the age of 12, put her to work in brothels in Amsterdam, and sold her at an auction there. She pleaded guilty to a ninth count at an earlier hearing. In a Facebook post in May 2020, which was shared more than 100,000 times, she described being beaten, abused and trafficked by Asian men.

A SERIAL fantasist who falsely accused five men of rape leading to three of them attempting suicide has been jailed.Eleanor Williams, 22, claimed she.

I was young and confused. In a last-ditch attempt to paint herself as a victim, she shared the grooming post on Facebook saying she wanted to tell "her story". She also said Cameron had drugged and raped her at a party in 2017 and claimed she heard him hatching a plan to set a dog on her and dispose of her body at sea. She later claimed he raped her and sold her to a grooming gang in the town. She claimed she had been groomed from the age of 12 and forced to attend sex parties across the North of England and in Ibiza. Her "pack of lies" led to protests in the town and attracted the attention of far-Right groups after Williams claimed the men were part of an Asian grooming gang.

Jordan Trengove, who spent time in custody after being falsely accused of rape by Williams said he planned to take action against Cumbria Police.

Mr Trengove says he still does not why Williams made these accusations, adding: "We'll never know I guess. "I do think I'll be able to move on with my life a little bit. Jordan said: "I've tried ending my life over it.

ELEANOR Williams has been jailed for her web of lies after she made up claims she was raped and trafficked by a grooming gang.The 22-year-old's victim.

It turned out that the injuries shown by Williams were inflicted by herself, including the use of a hammer that she was Officers found her with numerous injuries, and soon after, a blooded hammer was found in the field in which she was located. On the evening of May 19, 2020, Williams had been reported missing by her family and was then seen by witnesses in a field near to her home.

A 22-year-old woman has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after falsely claiming to have been the victim of an Asian grooming gang.

“This has been a lengthy, complex and ultimately tragic case, as well as a dark period for Barrow. “It is important to note that Williams’ allegations could not have been taken any more seriously when she initially came forward. “I’m devastated at the trouble that has been caused in Barrow. In the letter to the judge, she said: “I’m not saying I’m guilty but I know I have done wrong on some of this and I’m sorry. In a letter read to the court, Williams said she had not instigated anything which happened in the community and did not want Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, to come to the town. Williams claimed Mr Ramzan, 43, had groomed her from the age of 12, put her to work in brothels in Amsterdam, and sold her at an auction there.

When Eleanor Williams' Facebook post claiming she was the victim of an Asian rape gang went viral in 2020, it sparked a bitter backlash against Asian-owned ...

And a lot of racist remarks as well." In it she claimed to have been taken to an address in Barrow and raped by numerous Asian men. Reflecting on the past three years, Sajid said there had always been "an element of racism" in his town, but in the summer of 2020 it was "the racists that were shouting the loudest and causing most upset". "The bad side of the community had taken over the town. He said: "The good part of the community were scared to raise their voice, afraid of the backlash they may receive. "I was shocked and dismayed by the level of racism, and that people seemed to think they knew more about the case than the investigators and the police." He had his windows smashed too after one of a handful of local protests held in the misguided cause of "Justice for Ellie Williams". "I had calls saying that they were going to rape my wife in front my children, then kill me, and kill my kids," he said, adding: "I got quite a few calls, saying that we're going to shoot everyone within the shop. On the messaging app, a post was circulating which named Indian restaurants in Barrow - it seemed to accuse all of them of being involved in the rape and abuse of Williams. Their names have been changed because they're still concerned for their safety. "Some of the threats were so severe, saying 'We're gonna kill you', I had to contact the police," he told the BBC. Included were graphic images of injuries to her face and body she claimed the gang had inflicted on her - in fact, she had done them to herself.

Psychiatrist speculated she had PTSD from childhood trauma but trial offered few clues.

Doug Marshall, the senior investigator on the case, gives short shrift to the idea that Williams may have been a victim of something, if not what she told police. Bacon said Williams had learned to “maintain a mask” to hide her emotions, which she said was very common in trauma. “She was acting very strange in school.” When she first started to tell police about being trafficked to “sex parties”, she gave officers a list of 60 other girls she said had been abused too. He said there were “clear overtones” of difficulties in her childhood, but that there was “little clarity” over what those may have entailed. Why had she framed so many innocent men and what had happened in her past which might have contributed to her behaviour?

Three men had tried to take their own lives over the 22-year-old's allegations, a court was told.

Even when he was released, his bail condition meant he had to live far from home for a further 19 days. He went on: “His mother had to leave her house. She accused one man of rape after he simply asked for a light in the street. He went on: “There is no explanation for why the defendant would commit these offences. She said: "I'm not saying I'm guilty but I know I have done wrong on some of this and I'm sorry. I'm not sure how the family and I are going to recover from this.

A 22-year-old woman, Eleanor Williams, has been sentenced to eight and a half years after being found guilty of lying about being raped and trafficked in a ...

A third man accused of rape by Williams, Oliver Gardner, said he only met her once and so it was a "shock" when he was contacted by Cumbria Police in regards to the claims. One of the other men Williams accused, Jordan Trengove, spent 73 days in custody and shared a cell with a convicted sex offender. In reality, Williams had booked herself into a hotel alone and was watching YouTube videos at the time of the alleged attack. "I have had countless death threats made over social media from people all over the world because of what they thought I was involved in," he said. Undeniably, Williams' false allegations have had a shocking and heartbreaking impact on all those involved. Now, three of the men who were falsely accused of rape by Williams have spoken out to share what a devastating impact the accusations have had on their lives and mental health. This lead police to liken her claims about being trafficked to Amsterdam to the plot of the movie, Taken. "I still bear the scars to this day," he said. Eleanor Williams, 22, first made accusations of abuse back in 2017, but her claims didn’t go viral until the pandemic when she shared a series of social media posts in May 2020. He added that two weeks after his initial arrest, he attempted to take his own life. I'm not saying I am guilty but I know I have done some wrong and so I'm sorry." She also uploaded photos – which quickly went viral – showing her covered in bruises, including a black eye and a severed finger.

THE mum of a woman jailed for making false rape allegations said her daughter was 'just trying to get people to listen to her'.

She told Sky News: “One of the men was harassing Ellie at the bar and some of our friends had seen it and they’d warned him off. She did come home with me, and then the next weekend she came back black and blue, worse than we’ve ever seen.” The person the press are portraying is not the person I know.” Allison said she accepts her daughter did tell lies but added: “I believe she was just trying to get people to listen to her.” I still can’t take it in really. I can’t describe it.

Sammy Woodhouse, who was abused in Rotherham from the age of 14, said it had set progress back in "a long way". Williams, of Barrow, Cumbria, was ...

"I imagine it's a combination of all those. "Perverting the course of justice is a very serious offence because it damages confidence in the justice system. "I think the saddest thing is we don't know why [this happened]. "Ninety-nine per cent of complainants are genuine. "It feels like it does take us back quite a long way. "I would always encourage someone to come forward.

Eleanor Williams, 22, was jailed yesterday after falsely accusing multiple local men of grooming and raping her, even going so far as to injure herself with ...

She told officers the cuts she had received were from a knife used by one of her attackers. The man then grabbed her outside the takeaway, she claimed, and said "come on, we're going". She was found by officers with numerous injuries to her face and body and carrying a rucksack containing a bank card in her name. On the evening of 19 May, Williams had been reported missing by her family and was seen soon afterwards by witnesses in a field near to her home. The person the press are portraying is not the person I know.” "I can’t describe it.

A woman who falsely accused men of raping and sex trafficking her - to the extent that one man spent time in prison - has been jailed for eight years for ...

It heard how on the evening of May 19, Williams had been reported missing by her family and was then seen by witnesses in a field near to her home. She told officers the cuts she had received were from a knife used by one of her attackers. She said "anything that happened in the community was not instigated by me and my family did not want Tommy Robinson in town". She was subsequently found by officers with numerous injuries to her face and body and carrying a rucksack containing a bank card in her name. Another man, Oliver Gardner, said a chance encounter with Williams in Preston one night led to him being accused of being a rapist who had trafficked her and sold her to two Asian men. A search was completed of the field where the first witness had seen Williams. Williams had given police an account of being taken to Blackpool by Mr Ramzan where she said she was taken to different addresses and forced to have sex with several men. She also claimed that the local business owner had trafficked her to Amsterdam where she was auctioned to men. Williams later alleged Mr Trengove had raped her that night, and then on two more occasions, claiming he attacked her and threatened her with a knife. Her lies led to one man - who she had met on a night out - spending time in jail. Eleanor Williams spun a web of lies that she was raped by multiple men and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang and has now been jailed for eight-and-a-half years. Amid heightened racial tensions, EDL founder Tommy Robinson descended on the town to hold a protest, a curry house had its windows smashed and a Muslim takeaway owner was chased down the street by men who poured alcohol on his head.