The Latest Breaking News from Preston Crown Court

A 22-year-old woman has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after falsely claiming to have been the victim of an Asian grooming gang. Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday after making a series of false rape allegations. In a Facebook post in May 2020,…

Eleanor Williams, who self-inflicted injuries with a hammer, has been jailed for eight and a half years after making a series of false rape allegations

Michael Cooper, 50, from Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, kept his partner prisoner for five years where she was locked up at night and chained to him, a court has been told

Kurt McGowan, of Workington, Cumbria, was jailed for seven years at Preston Crown Court.

Mohammed Ramzan criticised authorities for not spotting the 'gaping holes' in Eleanor Williams' story earlier and said his family has been through 'unimaginable trauma'

Darren Wilson was jailed for 15 months after kicking down his ex-girlfriend's front door and strangling her as her kids screamed, before the family locked themselves in a bedroom

Eleanor Williams published pictures of her injuries and an account of being groomed, trafficked and beaten

Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was found guilty by a jury at Preston Crown Court.

Kriss Sawyer, 31, sold the footage for up to £800