yes, eleanor- williams was a fantasist. she came up williams was a fantasist.nd time again over a number of years. it ill started in the town of barrow in furness in cumbria, are very small town in a very rural area. she had a history of problems from earlier life, but when she started going out partying and going to people's houses for parties, she became embroiled in a complete line of deceit that knew no bounds whatsoever. she made stories up, claimed she was raped, claimed she was traffic around europe, claimed she was about to be taken to bangladesh and sold as a sex slave. none of this was true at all. there were no offences, she had never been raped, neverattacked, were no offences, she had never been raped, never attacked, there was no sex ring going on in barrow in furness at all. it was something she completely made up. even now after the prosecution and a 12 week long trial and being found guilty of the jury trial and being found guilty of the jury she still maintains everything was true, although reams of evidence goes to prove that that was not the

eleanor williams, please stand up.5 years in prison. the harm of this offending extends to an undermining of public confidence in the criminal justice system. we are aware that sex trafficking of young females does occur. there is a risk that genuine victims will, as a result of this defendant's actions, feel deterred from reporting it. ellie williams had written a letter to the judge. in it, she said she was sorry, saying, "i know i've done wrong over some of this," but she doesn't admit she was guilty. i wasjust expecting a longer prison sentence for ellie. - and, you know, ithink the judge has been really fair in taking _ into account her age and abilities. and it's really difficult to accept that she is responsible - for all the things that she said. but in the eyes of the law, i've got to accept that. - and i should know there's an appeal l going in, so we'lljust have to waitl and see what happens from that. on a daily basis, ideal with genuine survivors of rape and serious sexual offences, and i would hate for th

eleanor williams, who's 22 and from barrow—in—furness in the north of england, was convicted injanuarying the course ofjustice. the judge sentencing her said her allegations were "complete fiction" and she was criticised for showing "no significant signs of remorse." she said she'd been beaten and made to attend sex parties by an asian grooming gang. our correspondent nick garnett reports. when eleanor williams told cumbria police she had been raped, assaulted, drugged and abused by a series of men, they took those claims seriously. arrests were made, charges brought, but everything she said was a lie. for the men she accused, it made their life health. they smashed the windscreen... mohammed ramzan was targeted after she said he ran a grooming gang. in actualfact, he ran an ice cream van. today at court he described the lasting impact. i'm not sure how my family and i are going to recover from this. the mud sticks, and ifear it may take some time. but as a family we remain strong and we will be strong, and we're determined to move forward positively with our lives. in barrow—in—furnes

the judge today said we may never know what motivated eleanor williams to lie the way she did, but thenick garnett, bbc news, preston. police in pakistan have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse supporters of the opposition leader, imran khan, from outside his residence in the city of lahore. the clashes broke out after police officers arrived, reportedly to arrest the former prime minister following a warrant issued by a court. he is facing allegations that he incorrectly declared gifts received from foreign dignitaries while in office. he says the case is politically motivated. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has been speaking to former prime minister imran khan who said he is ready to face jail time. what have you seen and heard today? i have been following everything from here. first of all the attack came. the police came in. without any knowledge. i mean, certainly we saw news that the police were coming to arrest me. and we didn't have that many workers. so they immediately tried to remove the workers. so, they then stood their ground. and then there was the fi

also, eleanor williams is jailed for eight and harvey years at preston crown court after falsely claiminghe was the victim of an asian grooming gang. —— eight and a half years. the devastation left by the earthquake in turkey. now uk engineers fly out to help assess why so many buildings collapsed. and the public swimming pool that is being heated by a tiny data in exmouth. coming up on the bbc news channel, a privilege to play him, but that didn't stop him winning. jack draper faces and beats andy murray for the first time in an all—british battle at indian wells. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the total amount people can accumulate in their pension pots before paying extra tax is expected to be increased in tomorrow's budget. it's thought people could save up to £1.8 million over a lifetime, up from just over a million currently. the change is part of the government's plans to persuade people to stay in work for longer — but critics say the move will only benefit a small fraction of the workforce. here's our economics correspondent andy verity. at the kitchen of this

when eleanor williams told cumbria police she had been raped, assaulted, drugged and abused by a seriests were made, charges brought, but everything she said was a lie. for the men she accused, it made their life hell. they smashed the windscreen... mohammed ramzan was targeted after she said he ran a grooming gang. in actualfact, he ran an ice cream van. today at court he described the lasting impact. i'm not sure how my family and i are going to recover from this. the mud sticks, and ifear it may take some time. but as a family we remain strong and we will be strong, and we're determined to move forward positively with our lives. in barrow—in—furness, her claims spread like wildfire. horns honking. right—wing protests took place in the town. there was an upsurge in hate crime. on facebook she claimed a grooming gang had attacked her with a hammer, the photos went viral. but these were self—inflicted injuries. she was uncovered when detectives found cctv of her buying the hammer she had used in a supermarket. she created fake social media accounts, sent text messages to herself. one of

when eleanor williams went to the police claiming she had been drugged, attacked, abused and a victims to protest on her behalf. as the investigation went on, holes started to form in her claims. she created social media accounts that had been completely false. she had pretended to be in places she never was. even her own sister testified against her. at one point, she claimed to have been attacked by a hammer. it then turned out that she bought the hammer herself before injuring herself and posting the photographs on social media. she has been sentenced to four years in prison, and another four years on licence, she will be released and still on licence with big restrictions on ever owning devices that can connect to the internet. it is a serious crime. judge altham explained to the court why he was treating it so seriously. the harm of this offending extends to an undermining of public confidence in the criminaljustice system. we are aware that sex trafficking of young females does occur. there is a risk that genuine victims will, as a result of this defendant's actions, feel deterr

she was eleanor williams story.used some damage some individuals, caused damage to the face with the to self in the face with the hammer. pictures hammer. the pictures were shocking. to one of shocking. i've spoken to one of her we're going to play her victims. we're going to play that in just a moment. now if the tories are going to win the next general election, doesn't the tories are going to win the next gelikely,alection, doesn't the tories are going to win the next gelikely, does on, doesn't the tories are going to win the next gelikely, does it? doesn't the tories are going to win the next gelikely, does it? ifyesn't the tories are going to win the next gelikely, does it? if yout it very likely, does it? if you look at polls, got to retain look at the polls, got to retain some those so—called red wall some of those so—called red wall seats north of seats across the north of england and midlands. england and the midlands. so, don, dunkirk sort don, just outside dunkirk sort of for the of voted conservative for

and eleanor williams , please stand up. these williams, please stand up.ill serve on count one. there will be a sentence of six months imprisonment on 3 to 5. the sentence will be three years imprisonment or concurrent each count, but consecutive to the sentence on count one, giving a total so far of three and a half years , they will be sentences of years, they will be sentences of five years on counts five, six and seven, concurrent with another but consecutive to the sentences already imposed . sentences already imposed. finally, there will be a sentence of one year and three months imprisonment on count eight and six months imprisonment on count nine. those to run concurrently with other and the other sentences imposed. that gives a total sentence of eight and a half years imprisonment . you will years imprisonment. you will serve half of the total sentence of imprisonment in custody, after which you will be released on licence . the days spent in on licence. the days spent in custody will count towards your sentence . you've spent 361 days sentence. y

perverting the course of justice after falsely accusing a number of men of rape. 22 year old eleanor williamsade a facebook post. she had been a victim of, an asian grooming gang . preston asian grooming gang. preston crown court heard three men she falsely accused attempted to take their own lives. her accusations to protest in her home town of barrow in furness . home town of barrow in furness. some businesses forced to close . she'll serve half the sentence in prison. jordan trengove of one of his victims who wrongly accused of rape, says he doesn't think the sentence is long enough , think she has any enough, think she has any remorse .7 i looked back a few remorse? i looked back a few times while the judge was speaking and there was just no remorse shown. so. well, i've tried do my life over it. i've had a bond with my son. i've not been to leave the house. i've not been able to work , you know. not been able to work, you know. so it's just i know she's got to live for bit longer. just live for a bit longer. just a bit relief. well, i wish was bit of relief. well, i wish was a longer sen

and eleanor williams had injuries — social media. injuries. they did dna testing of family only dna on it was hers, so they concluded with the other evidence that she conflicted these wounds on his cell. and one of the biggest mysteries is that we don't really know her motivation, we know that your approach to family and they didn't really take part in this but that will forever be a mystery. but that is something certainly part of the story and this... don't forget that you can watch that story on iplayer. it is on wednesday that it will be available, that is part of the bigger cases serious. and important to say before we started chatting the police are keen that people aren't put off from coming forward to report being a victim of a genuine sold for they would be believed. absolutely. —— clinic it's oscars night in hollywood and the champagne carpet — carpet — it's not red this year — has been rolled out for the great and good of the film industry. the ultimate red carpet event and yet it doesn't have any red carpet. as the nomine

eleanor williams posted pictures of herself on social media with injuries she claimed were from beingtrafficked by asian men. in fact she had inflicted the wounds on herself — using a hammer. the court heard that the three men who'd been falsely accused tried to take their own lives, saying they'd suffered "hell on earth". the judge said her allegations against the men had been complete fiction. this report from our north of england correspondent, nick garnett, includes some distressing details. when eleanor wilson told cumbria police she had been raped, drugged and abused by a series of men, they took the claims seriously. arrests were made and charges brought, but everything she said was a lie. for the men she accused, it made their life hell. smashed the windscreen... mohammed ramzam was targeted after she said he ran a grooming gang. today at court he described the lasting impact. i’m today at court he described the lasting impact-— today at court he described the lasting impact. today at court he described the lastin: imact. �* ., , ., , lasting impact. i'm not sure how my famil

we have told you all morning that eleanor williams due to be sentenced. see or from anyone present that night. i am not that these messages were fabricated by the defendant. it remains, in my judgement, a possibility that these messages were created by ill intentioned third parties. it follows that in to count one, she will be sentenced on the basis that she is guilty under paragraph a, but not under paragraph b. as a result of this allegation , c was result of this allegation, c was arrested and interviewed . on the arrested and interviewed. on the 27th of november two thousand and seven time, he wasn't remanded into custody. but have the matter hanging over him until the march 2018. the defendant had her support for the prosecution in the january 2018 in relation to count two, three and four. the defendant made three separate allegations of against one jordan trengove , of against one jordan trengove, who was content to be named in these remarks. she went on a night out on the 8th of march 2019 into the 9th of march 20, 19, with mr. chen gove and others

perverting the course of justice after falsely accusing a number of men of rape. 22 year old eleanor williams had also created a facebook post alleging she'd been the victim of an asian grooming gang . preston crown grooming gang. preston crown court heard how three of the men she'd falsely accused of rape had attempted to take their own lives. and at the time of her accusations, there were mass protests in her home town in cumbria, with some businesses forced to close . williams will forced to close. williams will serve half the sentence in prison . in other news today , prison. in other news today, chancellor is looking at increasing the lifetime pension allowance in an attempt to reverse the current trend of going for early retirement . it's going for early retirement. it's understood jeremy hunt's considering allowing individuals to put more money into their pension pot before they're taxed . the current lifetime allowance stands at just over £i,oo0,000. with savers incurring tax after the personal threshold has been exceeded , well, the measures are exceeded, well, the measures are expec

perverting the course of justice after falsely accusing a number of men of rape. 22 year old eleanor williams had also created a facebook post alleging she'd been the victim of an asian grooming gang . preston crown grooming gang. preston crown court heard how three of the men she'd falsely accused of rape had attempted to take their own lives. and at the time of her accusations, there were mass protests in her home town in cumbria, with some businesses forced to close . williams will forced to close. williams will serve half the sentence in prison . in other news today , prison. in other news today, chancellor is looking at increasing the lifetime pension allowance in an attempt to reverse the current trend of going for early retirement . it's going for early retirement. it's understood jeremy hunt's considering allowing individuals to put more money into their pension pot before they're taxed . the current lifetime allowance stands at just over £i,oo0,000. with savers incurring tax after the personal threshold has been exceeded , well, the measures are exceeded, well, the measures are expec

perverting the course of justice after falsely accusing a number of men of rape. 22 year old eleanor williamsbook post alleging she'd been the victim of an asian grooming gang . preston crown grooming gang. preston crown court heard how three of the men she'd falsely accused of rape had attempted to take their own lives. and at the time of her accusations, there were mass protests in her home town in cumbria, with some businesses forced to close . williams will forced to close. williams will serve half the sentence in prison . in other news today , prison. in other news today, chancellor is looking at increasing the lifetime pension allowance in an attempt to

justice after falsely accused a number of men of rape . 22 year old eleanor of rape. 22 year old eleanor williamsad also created a facebook post alleging she'd been the victim of an asian grooming gang . preston crown grooming gang. preston crown court heard how three of the men she'd falsely accused of rape had attempted to take their own lives and at the time of her accusations , there were massive accusations, there were massive protests in her home town of barrow in furness in cumbria, with some businesses forced to close . williams will serve half close. williams will serve half the sentence in prison. jordan trinko, one of alan's victims who was one of the men wrongly accused of rape, says he doesn't think her sentence is long enough. i think she has any remorse. i looked back a few times while the judge was speaking and there was just no remorse shown . well, try and remorse shown. so, well, try and do my life over it. i've had a bond with my son. i've not been able to leave the house, have not been able to go, were you know. so it's just now i know she's to live for a bit she's got to liv

eleanor williams, please stand up. will, as a result of this defendant's actions, feel deterred from reporting it. ellie williams had written a letter to the judge. in it, she said she was sorry, saying, "i know i've done wrong over "some of this," but she doesn't admit she was guilty. i wasjust expecting a longer prison sentence for ellie. i and, you know, ithink the judge has been really fair in taking _ into account her age and abilities. and it's really difficult to accept that she is responsible - for all the things that she said. but in the eyes of the law, i've got to accept that. i and i should know there's an appeal i going in, so we'lljust have to waitl and see what happens from that. on a daily basis, ideal with genuine survivors of rape and serious sexual offences, and i would hate for this case to be a deterrent to genuine victims to come forward. we would never prosecute an individual who came forward, for example, where there were inconsistencies in the evidence or, for example, where genuine complainant

eleanor williams sparked protests in her cumbrian home town of barrow after posting photos on socialleaders of her grooming gang. he was in court yesterday to watch williams get an eight and a half year sentence. there's no winners here today. i feel no sense of triumph, only sadness for the loss of the years, the impact on my family. here we are and the true impact that this will have on true victims. williams allegations went viral when she posted them on her facebook page in 2020. she posted these photos as evidence. the prosecution said she had cause these injuries herself with a hammer which she had bought from tesco. it was found with her dna on, and no one else's. williams wrote a letter to the judge yesterday in which she wrote, "i'm not saying i was guilty, but i know i have done wrong." she said if she had known what trouble her claims would have caused to her hometown, she would never have written her facebook post. it was a post that angered, alarmed and affected so many. phil mccann, bbc news, preston crown court. during the sentencing, judge altham told the court that e

prison for perverting the course of justice after falsely accusing a number of rape. 22 year old eleanor williams had also created a facebook post alleging she'd been a victim of an asian grooming gang. preston crown heard how three of the men she'd falsely of rape had attempted take their own lives at the time of her accusations. there were mass protests in her hometown of barrow furness in cumbria , with barrow furness in cumbria, with some businesses forced to close . williams will serve half her sentence in prison . now the sentence in prison. now the chancellor is set to announce his spring budget tomorrow. full coverage right on gb news. jeremy hunt is expected to announce a boost to the tax free allowance for pension ends to stop over 50 fives from taking early . he's stop over 50 fives from taking early. he's also stop over 50 fives from taking early . he's also expected to early. he's also expected to announce that parents on universal can receive childcare funding upfront instead of having to claim it back. he could also unveil the expansion of childcare funding among £80 billion plan t

prison for perverting the course of justice after falsely accusing a number of rape. 22 year old eleanor williams had also created a facebook post alleging she'd been a victim of an asian grooming gang. preston crown heard how three of the men she'd falsely of rape had attempted take their own lives at the time of her accusations. there were mass protests in her hometown of barrow furness in cumbria , with barrow furness in cumbria, with some businesses forced to close . williams will serve half her sentence in prison . now the sentence in prison. now the chancellor is set to announce his spring budget tomorrow. full coverage right on gb news. jeremy hunt is expected to announce a boost to the tax free allowance for pension ends to stop over 50 fives from taking early . he's stop over 50 fives from taking early. he's also stop over 50 fives from taking early . he's also expected to early. he's also expected to announce that parents on universal can receive childcare funding upfront instead of having to claim it back. he could also unveil the expansion of childcare funding among £80 billion plan t

and yesterday i did an interview with one of the victims of eleanor williams, realise she's the accused assaulted herself, hospitalised herself. in fact, you don't wanna miss that. it's a fascinating insight into what happened tramp happened to him. and his tramp can arrested today. we'll can be arrested today. we'll follow all that. that will be follow all of that. that will be with be with you shortly .