Ottawa police won't charge a woman who lied about being the victim of a violent attack in Shiela Mckee Park last week.

After reviewing the evidence, police concluded the woman's story couldn't be substantiated but added they will not be laying charges.

"Investigators aren't identifying the specifics on the details," said Const. Chuck Benoit.

"Her allegations of the assault and everything surrounding that were unfounded. Investigators have closed the file as is."

Under section 140 of the Criminal Code of Canada, anyone who reports an offence has been committed, when in fact it is made up, could be charged with public mischief.

If charged and found guilty, a person could be imprisoned for up to five years.

But when asked why police wouldn't be charging the woman with public mischief, Benoit said the investigators on the case will not say.

On May 12, the unidentified woman in her 30s claimed she was out jogging around 8:30 p.m. in Sheila McKee Park in Ottawa's far west end.

The woman claimed she heard a man's voice curse at her from behind. She said she was hit on the back of the head and repeatedly struck in the face before passing out.

When she awoke, the woman claimed to have heard the sound of her cell phone ringing, claimed her attacker had taken photos of her while unconscious and sent them to some of her contacts.

But when she came to, the man had disappeared.

She alleged she went back to her car in the parking lot and waited for police, who had been called by her friends who had received photos of her unconscious and beaten.

She made no claim of sexual assault.

Her claims startled the community and prompted public figures, like Kanata North councillor Marianne Wilkinson, to speak out on the matter.

"I feel terrible about it," she told the Ottawa Sun in the days following the phoney attack. "Somebody is quite sick to take that kind of action."

It's not confirmed if mental illness was a factor in the case.

And even though the Royal Ottawa would not speculate about the situation, spokeswoman Karen Monaghan said that anyone -- with or without a mental illness -- is capable of telling lies of varying degrees.

dani-elle.dube@sunmedia.ca

-- with files from Doug Hempstead