Sophie Skinner, 25, was jailed for 18 months for falsely accusing a teen of raping her

A mother-of-three has been jailed for falsely accusing a teenage boy of rape after she lured him into public toilets for sex.

Sophie Skinner, 25, was sentenced to 18 months after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice.

Skinner was 'desperately' looking for a sexual encounter during a night out in a Wetherspoons in June 2016, Newport Crown Court heard.

She propositioned Damion Osborne, who was 18 at the time, for sex in public toilets outside the pub in Abergavenny, South Wales.

Mr Osborne refused because he had a girlfriend but gave in to Skinner's sexual demands.

Skinner later told Wetherspoons door staff she'd been raped.

Mr Osborne was arrested, spent 17 hours in a police cell and had to go through an 'embarrassing' medical examination.

Newport Crown Court heard he was saved by the local council's CCTV system which caught Skinner preying on her young victim.

The unmarried mother was found guilty of perverting the course of justice at a trial last month and and was today jailed for 18 months

Judge Daniel Williams told her: 'You engaged with Damon Osborne, who you knew through Facebook, in the pub and later saw him waiting for a lift home. He was 18 and you were 23 at the time.

'You ran over, hugged him and asked of he wanted to have sex with you in the public toilets.

The mother-of-three said the 18-year-old attacked her in public toilets in Abergavenny, South Wales

'The CCTV footage should not have been more clear- you initiated sex with him.'

The court heard Skinner, who has three children under five, was 'desperately seeking attention' while out on her own in Abergavenny on the night of 4 June 2016.

She told Mr Osborne she could 'get him into trouble' after they had sex and he thought she was going to tell his girlfriend.

Instead police were called to the pub and he was arrested for alleged rape.

The court heard Mr Osborne lost his job and reputation while out on bail during the police investigation into Skinner's false claims.

Skinner, dressed in a silver and grey top and grey jeans, showed no emotion but her relatives were heard sobbing in the public gallery.

Judge Williams said: 'Mr Osborne believes that if there had been no CCTV in this case Sophie Skinner may have been believed and he would have spent years in prison.

Skinner met the teen in The Coliseum Weatherspoons pub (pictured) before propositioning him for sex outside

'False allegation of rape can have dreadful consequences on an innocent man.

'Not just that but false allegations can have an insidious effect on genuine rape victim.'

The court heard 'vulnerable' Skinner, who was taken into care as a child, continued to protest her innocence.

Judge Williams told her: 'You maintain that you deny the allegations and have shown no remorse or victim empathy.

'I bear in mind your difficult past but this case it too serious to be dealt with by anything other than a prison sentence.'