Broadstairs rape claim woman charged
A WOMAN who sparked a police hunt after claiming to have been raped on Viking Bay in Broadstairs has been charged with wasting police time.
The 42-year-old had accused two men of attacking her in September last year.
She reported the crime to police in the early hours of Sunday September, 6 claiming that two unknown men had raped her.
Police spent days investigating the allegations, spending around £40,000.
Two men were arrested but statements taken from other people on the beach at the time of the alleged attack revealed contradictions.
On Wednesday February, 3 the woman from Ramsgate was arrested on suspicion of wasting police time and making a false statement and admitted that she had made up the incident.
District Commander for Thanet, Chief Inspector Mitchell Fox said: “This was very unusual and out of character for Broadstairs, which has a deserved reputation as a very safe place to live, work and visit.”
Detective Inspector Lee Whitehead, who led the investigation said “We would like to reassure the community that all allegations of this nature are treated seriously and thoroughly investigated. Victims of such crimes are always treated with great discretion and sensitivity. Any allegations proved to be false are also treated seriously and dealt with accordingly. False allegations undermine genuine victims of sexual assault and divert police resources away from what we should be concentrating on.”







6 Comments
by Stefan, Thanet
Sunday, February 07 2010, 8:30PM
“No one has put a thought towards the people who earn their living on viking bay and had to forfiet any takings due to the beach being closed for two days. Traders on the beach only have a limited time to earn what they can and two days wages for their staff is a lot of money. Please don't get me wrong I believe the police acted correctly and should do the same again and again in order to investigate but i feel those that work hard to provide for the families needed to be mentioned. It would be interesting to know how much money was lost to traders by this dreadfull woman.”
by Karl, Worcs, England
Sunday, February 07 2010, 11:56AM
“Somehow, I'm not surprised one bit to see her name hasn't been released. I'm not surprised to see she got only a tiny slap on the wrist for several crimes; wasting police time, falsely accusing of rape, fraud, and more!
Somehow, I'm not surprised to see that the article ignores the arrested men as the TRUE victims, instead preferring to focus on IMAGINARY 'victims' of rape.”
by paul parmenter, Norfolk
Saturday, February 06 2010, 9:28PM
“A charge of wasting police time simply doesn't cut it, Detective Inspector Lee Whitehead. This vile woman deliberately set out to destroy the reputations and lives of two innocent men, and to send them to jail for a fabricated horrible crime they didn't commit - all on a lie. And if the only charge she faces is wasting police time, we all know that means she will not face any time in jail. Unlike what her victims would have been put through if she had got her way. Instead, she will be free to do the same thing again - secure in the knowledge that the limp-wristed police will again let her off.
Hell, we are not even going to be told her name. So every man in Broadstairs, Ramsgate or anywhere else she chooses to take herself, will be in danger from her - without knowing it.
It's high time we had a "Sarah's Law" to warn us of the names and locations of these false accusers. They are very dangerous individuals because of the power they wield, aided and abetted by the unwillingness of the police, the CPS and the courts to do anything effective to stop them.”
by Kargan3033, Canada
Saturday, February 06 2010, 5:22PM
“This just goes to show that there is a two terid justice system in the western nations.
Teir 1 is the justice for women who usualy get a minor slap on the wrist for their seroius crimes such as DV/False rape claims and the like.
Teir two is the justice for men whih is harsh and brutal for the same crimes that women comit such as DV/rape and so on.
Let's also considered that violeance towards men is usaly met with laughter and cries o " You go girl! " and the like where as violances towards women are met with cries for castration/death for the men who comit violance towards women.
All in all western socity as sunk so low that it's no wonder why most of the other nations of the world look at the western nations with comtempt and disgust.”
by John Kimble, Southampton
Saturday, February 06 2010, 12:52AM
“Why do the polcie seek to pretend that they are the vicitms here or other woman are.
The real vicitms here are the men who were falsely arrested.
No wonder our country is in such a mess when the police can't even acknowledge who the vicitms of a crime are, nevermind actually helping and supporting them or preventing future attacks on such men.”
by John Kimble, Southampton
Saturday, February 06 2010, 12:46AM
“Malicious false rape accusers should face the same sentence as any rapist.
Perhaps this case isn't quite as despicable as some, but she's certainly a very dangerous woman who needs to be in prison. On top of that she needs to pay back you and I the taxpayer at least £40,000.”