PA Jemma Beale lied to police about men she’s had consensual sex with or invented stories of gang rape

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Jemma Beale, 25, lied to police about men she’d had consensual sex with or invented stories of gang rape. While she was given £11,000 compensation, one of her victims spent nearly three years in jail. A second man fled the country after Beale turned up at court to gloat at him. London’s Southwark Crown Court heard that she made up the assaults for attention and to make her lesbian lover jealous.

Police spent more than £250,000 investigating the lies, while £109,000 in legal bills were incurred. Beale, of Bedfont, Hounslow, West London, accused four named men and was convicted of four counts of perjury and four of perverting the course of justice. The court heard she still insists the attacks happened, despite overwhelming evidence. Judge Nicholas LoraineSmith noted her “extraordinary ability to lie convincingly in the face of incontrovertible evidence”.

PA The court heard that she made up the assaults for attention and to make her lesbian lover jealous

I can only think that she was motivated partly by financial reward Detective Sergeant Kevin Lynott

He also warned that her lies would “increase the likelihood of guilty men going free”. He said: “Cases such as this bring a real risk that a woman who has been sexually assaulted may not complain to police for fear of not being believed.” Madeleine Wolfe, QC, prosecuting, said the false allegations spanned three years and began with a 2010 claim against a man she seduced after he offered her a lift.

PA The court heard she still insists the attacks happened, despite overwhelming evidence