How one woman’s grooming gang lies drove three men to attempt suicide

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Eleanor Williams buys hammer to injure herself and falsely accuse men of rape

Three attempted suicides, several wrongful jail terms, an attack on a curry house and a storm of misled public outrage: One

woman’s false accusations of abuse at the hands of an Asian grooming gang had far-reaching consequences.

On Tuesday, a judge at Preston Crown Court sentenced Eleanor Williams, 22, of Barrow-in-Furness, to eight-and-a-half years in jail after her claims of being raped, beaten and trafficked by a group of men were disproven.

One of the men she falsely accused, Mohammed Ramzan, told the court he had faced “countless death threats made over social media from people all over the world because of what they thought I was involved in” and still fears for his future despite the verdict.