A woman was jailed for falsely accusing a police officer of assaulting her, according to reports this month.
Her claim caused distress and suffering to the officer in Leicester in a move described by local U.K. officials as “wicked.”
The officer, a detective constable, was investigated for five weeks, costing more than $13,000.
Khan later admitted that she made it up.
Leicester Crown Court Judge Justice Cheema-Grubb said Khan carried out a “wicked crime” that had “serious consequences” for the detective.
“I’m told you’re remorseful, although there’s no evidence of that other than your guilty pleas,” she told Khan. “Rape is a profoundly hideous crime which all should find repulsive.”
The officer, who was unnamed, said that his life fell apart when the allegations surfaced. He was forced to take six months off work.
Reports say that Khan called emergency services and said there was an escort whose client had stolen her vehicle from a hotel in Leicester. Khan then told responding officers that a person had been hurt and pointed at a red mark at the hotel room floor.
Khan was arrested on suspicion of causing injury, fighting with officers, as well as resisting arrest. Then, she claimed a detective sexually assaulted her the night before.
A Leicestershire police spokesperson told the paper: “Making a false allegation of rape is extremely serious, even more so when made against a police officer whose role it is to protect society from harm, and Khan will now face the consequences of her malicious and harmful allegation with a term of imprisonment.”
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