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Teenager admits false rape claim

By "eAdvocate"

12-8-2009 United Kingdom:Elgin court told of huge investigationPREGNANT teenager?s mother said today she was mystified over why her daughter falsely claimed she had been raped at knifepoint.Moray College student Lucinda Hicks, of 23 Kingsmills, Elgin, told officers she had been raped by an unidentified man on a pathway near Grampian Road, Elgin, on April 9.Elgin Sheriff Court heard the false allegations resulted in Grampian Police devoting almost 800 police officer hours to the inquiry and questioning more than 300 people.Hicks, 17, who is due to give birth early in January, admitted making false representations and causing the police to devote time and services, at the public expense, to an investigation which she knew to be false.Fiscal depute Ann-Maria Colquhoun said Hicks was found in a distressed state by a restaurant employee...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 08, 2009 (boomark / email).