Reading woman jailed for false rape claim Published duration 18 January 2011

image caption Blunden claimed she had been raped on two separate occasions.

A Reading woman has been jailed for two years for making false rape claims.

Emma Blunden, 21, told police she had been raped in a Newbury hostel in 2008 and claimed she was attacked by three men at a Reading house in February 2010.

A total of four men were arrested following her allegations.

Blunden, of College Piece, Mortimer, was convicted of two counts of perverting the course of justice in December at Reading Crown Court.

Det Sgt Elton Evans, of Thames Valley Police, said: "I think this sentence sends out a very strong message to people who falsely report any type of crime, not only rapes.

"Making false reports of crime is a very serious offence and Blunden has made false allegations about very serious incidents on two separate occasions."

He added: "We always take reports of rape very seriously, but when we find reports to have been made up we will investigate them just as vigorously.