A woman who admitted to lying about her ex-boyfriend drugging and raping her has been ordered to pay £200 for wasting police time.
Hannah Sandover, 18, claimed that her ex-partner, also 18, had spiked her water and forced himself on her when they went out for a drive.
After telling the lie to a pal, the concerned friend went to cops who took Sandover in to give a statement.
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She told officers: "He became forceful and pinned me down, I kept telling him to stop.
"I think he had drugged the water I was drinking."
She claimed that she had got into the back seat of the car to stretch out as she had stomach pains when her ex jumped on her. She also told police that a friend had been sat in the front of the car at the time, but that he was wearing headphones so wasn't aware of what happening.
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She was taken to a clinic for an examination, and it was here she began changing her story - telling medics she hadn't been drugged.
When she returned home her family began to question her about the claims and she eventually admitted she'd made it up.
She admitted a charge of wasting police time at Salisbury Magistrates' Court, and was given a four-month suspended sentence yesterday.
Sandover was also given a restraining order stopping her from contacting her ex-boyfriend for two years, ordered to pay £200 in compensation and complete up to 15 days of rehabilitation activity requirement.
Prosecutor Ryan Seneviratine said: "Miss Sandover is extremely lucky that she didn't get charged with perverting the course of justice, only due to her age and the fact she has no previous convictions.
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"Her ex-boyfriend has said his confidence in approaching girls has been completely ruined.
"He was kept in custody for five-and-a-half hours and underwent intimate tests.
"And all because she wanted to get back at him.
"She had numerous times to say the allegations were lies, but she didn't."
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Defending, Moses Tawo said: "She was too scared to admit she had been lying.
"The only person she told the story to was her friend, she never meant for it to be taken to the police and couldn't tell me why she had told lies.
"She has faced some health issues, and when the only relationship she had with anyone ended, she panicked, which she now shows remorse for."
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