Facing the News: The sentencing of Eleanor Williams

Peter, Lucie and Nigel discuss the sentencing of Eleanor Williams, a 22 year old jailed for eight and a half years for nine counts of lying about being raped and trafficked by an 'Asian grooming gang' and making false rape claims against a series of other men. They discuss the many things we can learn from this including the way the narratives and assumptions around Rotherham may have been used to build public support for this false narrative. You can find out more from  the following articles:

• https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/14/eleanor-williams-jailed-lying-rapes-trafficking?
• https://news.sky.com/story/sexual-abuse-victims-say-eleanor-williams-case-deters-them-from-coming-forward-12836303 

Full sentencing from Sky News can be found here. (Warning: contains some graphic material)