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Originally Posted by Fictional
I wonder what the sentence for perverting the courts of justice is... she should get that times eight
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Here are the official Crown Prosecution Service guidelines on the offence of perverting the course of justice:
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/s...se_of_justice/
It goes on to set out some case law in which false accusations of rape have been made, and the sentences for such false accusations have ranged from four months to two years. There's also an interesting comment near the top of the page which may explain why the sentence seems to have no relation to the allegations she made:
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Originally Posted by CPS
Whilst sentencing, care must be taken to avoid giving the impression that the sentence is on the basis of conviction of the substantive offence rather than of the conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
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