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Sarah-Jane Hilliard, pictured last summer, claimed she'd been raped after a night out but a jury found her guilty of perverting the course of justice. Today she was given a 12-month jail sentence suspended for two years
A woman who accused a student of rape after dragging him into a public toilet for sex was spared jail yesterday.
Bisexual Sarah-Jane Hilliard, 20, seduced Grant Bowers when the two bumped into each other during a night out clubbing.
Mr Bowers - who says he is now afraid to speak to women - said: 'It's absolutely ridiculous. That's not even a slap on the wrist. She's been let off and I'm still having to sneak around because there are still people after me who think I did it.'
It was more than a week after his arrest that Mr Bowers discovered he was not to be charged.
But during that time Hilliard (the girl involved) who was in a relationship with a woman, contacted the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in the hope of claiming up to £7,500.
Originally posted by bkaust
Why do they say "Bisexual Sarah-Jane Hilliard, 20"
Originally posted by marsvoltafan74
I wonder how many times this has went the other way, and the man gets imprisoned
Mr Bowers's father Tony, 48, said: 'My son was facing up to ten years in prison for rape on the strength of her lies. The least I expected was for her to have been given a prison sentence.
'My son is the victim and he has lost his freedom yet she has still got hers.'
Hilliard, from Basildon in Essex, told police she bumped into Mr Bowers at a nightclub called Liquid in the town in July 2008. She claimed to have shared a taxi with him before stopping at the railway station to use the toilet.
Hilliard's lie began to unravel when police were unable to find CCTV footage of the pair leaving the club.
A friend admitted they had been at another nightclub called Colors and detectives found CCTV evidence of Hilliard and Mr Bowers, who was 19 at the time, kissing and holding hands.
Hiliard and Mr Bowers had sex in a toilet cubicle at Basildon station. She told him he 'better be there for the baby' if she fell pregnant
Hilliard was convicted in May last year after Mr Bowers told a jury at Basildon Crown Court he had walked to the station with her and she pulled him into a cubicle for unprotected sex.
Her sentencing was delayed for psychiatric reports and yesterday Judge Christopher Mitchell ordered Hilliard to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work and pay £2,000 costs.
After hearing she had 'deeply personal issues' including suffering abuse from a relative, he said: 'False allegations of rape have a terrible knock-on effect.'
Just over a week after making the allegations, Hiliard contacted the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, hoping to be awarded up to £7,500
Originally posted by bkaust
Why do they say "Bisexual Sarah-Jane Hilliard, 20"
Is bisexual supposed to tarnish her image more to people? would they say "Heterosexual, joe bloggs, 35, blah blah blah" if it were some other person?
Bugs me is all.