A binge-drinking woman who acused five innocent men of rape walked free from court.
Tracy Brooks, 26, wasted massive amounts of police time when she made two false allegations against two friends within the space of a month last summer.
Crime number one. Wasting police time.
The men were arrested, questioned, held for hours in custody and faced the prospect of a lengthy prison sentence if her claims were believed.
Crime number two. False claims of rape.
But weeks later she came clean and told detectives the allegations were false.
Several years ago Brooks, a self-confessed binge-drinker, falsely accused three other men of rape in separate incidents, Newcastle Crown Court was told.
In 2001 and 2002, she made complaints against two former boyfriends and in 2004 she told police she had been raped by a friend’s boyfriend.
But the judge said he could not take these incidents into account in passing sentence because she had never been formally cautioned or charged in relation to them.
Instead, Brooks, of North Shields, North Tyneside, was given a 32-week suspended prison sentence and a three-month night-time curfew. She had admitted two charges of perverting the course of justice.
Crime number three. Perjury. Read the rest of this entry »
