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A woman who claimed she was raped by several men and the victim of an Asian grooming gang has been convicted of perverting the course of justice.

Eleanor Williams, 22, published pictures of her injuries and an account of being groomed, trafficked and beaten, in a viral Facebook post in May 2020.

The post was shared more than 100,000 times and gained the attention of former English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson, who led protests in her home town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

During the demonstrations, a curry house had its windows smashed and a Muslim takeaway owner was chased down the street by men who poured alcohol over his head, The Guardian reported.

However the court heard that Williams' story was fiction and and that she had injured herself with a hammer.

Today a jury at Preston Crown Court found her guilty of eight counts of doing acts tending and intended to pervert the course of justice.

Williams, of Teasdale Road, Barrow, stared straight ahead as the verdicts were returned.

She pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to one count of perverting the course of justice, which related to contacting her sister and mother with requests for them to take a hammer to her solicitor.

Honorary Recorder of Preston Judge Robert Altham adjourned sentencing to March 13 and 14.

Elleanor Williams, 22, has been convicted of eight counts of perverting the cause of justice

During the trial the jury heard evidence from business owner Mohammed Ramzan, who Williams claimed had groomed her from the age of 12.

Under cross-examination, Mr Ramzan asked Louise Blackwell KC, defending: 'Don't you think you have put my life through enough hell, or your client has?'

In what Mr Sandiford compared with a scene from Liam Neeson film Taken, Williams claimed Mr Ramzan had put her to work at brothels in Amsterdam and sold her at an auction there.

But the court heard at the time she was in Amsterdam, his bank card was being used at a B&Q in Barrow.

Another man accused of rape by Williams, Jordan Trengove, told the court: 'It can ruin your life and it has ruined mine.'

During her evidence, Williams denied telling a 'pack of lies' to the police and the jury.

Asked about her Facebook post, she said: 'I wanted people to know what was going on in Barrow, still is going on.'

Full Article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11595361/Eleanor-Williams-guilty-Woman-falsely-claimed-raped-trafficked.html

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Smashing your own face in to...own the libs? I guess

gotta be some mental health issues here