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UK - Nightmare over false rape claim

View the article here 10/26/2009 A Daventry man had his world turned upside down after being falsely accused of rape by a lesbian. Samantha Fitzjames, aged 24, was upset at not receiving enough attention from her partner so she accused a stranger she met in a pub of raping her. _____, 27, had his life put on hold for two months after being arrested on suspicion of raping Fitzjames in Sheaf Street, Daventry, on Thursday, April 23. He was dragged from his bed, arrested and kept in a cell for 18 hours after Fitzjames told police a man called _____ raped her after they had met in the Dun Cow pub. She then maintained her claim, leaving the allegation hanging over Mr _____ for the next two months. He said: "I've got two sisters and never thought I would ever get accused of doing anything against a female in my whole life...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on October 26, 2009 (boomark / email).