Cheyenne Kenmuir, 21, lied that she had been sexually assaulted at the Emperor pub in Cambridge

A woman has been jailed for over a year after she lied that she had been held at knifepoint and sexually assaulted by two men.

Cheyenne Kenmuir, 21, messaged a friend to get her to call police saying she had been kidnapped from the Emperor pub in Cambridge.

She said that one of the two men had a six-inch knife, forced her to drink alcohol at the pub and made her take class A and B drugs.

A man ended up being arrested and spent 14 hours in police custody as a result of her lies when she said he had sexually assaulted her.




Even after being released he faced the stress of knowing that he was being investigated.

Kenmuir told detectives she had been kidnapped as she walked home when she was denied entry to a club because she did not have ID.

Kenmuir was jailed for 15 months at Cambridge Crown Court (Picture: Cambridgeshire Police)

She said a man approached her and said ‘you’re coming for a drink’ then dragged her to the other side of the road with the help of a second man and through the back door of a pub.

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She messaged her friend to get her to dial 999 after claiming she was sexually assaulted while one of the men tried to dance with her.

The man who was arrested said that he was being friendly and that Kenmuir had visited the pub of her own accord after he asked her if she wanted a drink.

He said that in the pub she was constantly on the phone so he asked if she was okay, but she said she was fine and said it was ‘no-one important’.

After viewing CCTV from the police, officers said footage clearly showed Kenmuir had lied.

She was seen going into the pub of her own free will and there were numerous chances for her to call for help or escape.

She posted lies on a review page for the Emperor pub after the allegations (Picture: Google Street View)

Kenmuir was on her own for the majority of the time and the pub’s doors were open at all times and she was drinking alcohol of her own accord.

A few days later she wrote an online review about the pub, detailing her lies and saying ‘special investigators’ attended the scene while the establishment was being investigated for a drug cartel. It was all lies.

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Even after being presented with the lies, she continued to maintain her version of events.

However, she admitted writing the review and told police that she was upset and had ‘made things up’ in anger.

Detective constable Terry Bandoo said: ‘Kenmuir’s claims led to a complete waste of police time at a period when demand for our services had never been higher.

‘She caused unnecessary distress for an entirely innocent man who we arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting her and spent a night in a police cell for doing absolutely nothing wrong.



‘Her story was completely false and the fact she maintained this in interview, despite CCTV that completely contradicted her claims, is beyond belief. I hope this case demonstrates how seriously we take cases where people have perverted the course of justice, and I hope it serves as a deterrent for others considering doing the same.’

Kenmuir finally admitted perverting the course of justice a month before her trial.

She was jailed at Cambridge Crown Court for 15 months.

Sentencing Kenmuir, Judge Stuart Bridge said despite her remorse she showed a degree of manipulation that was ‘somewhat striking’.

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