491:. It was at this point that Williams had alleged that two males had collected her, before returning to her address. However, Williams was seen on CCTV to walk alone, with no-one nearby. By chance, her brother's girlfriend was driving and noticed Williams, stopping her car and driving her back to her flat. She did not see any injuries on Williams. Aware she was missing, her brother contacted the police to say Williams had returned. Police discovered that Williams significant facial and bodily injuries had happened within 20 minutes, from her brother informing police she was no longer missing, to police arriving at her flat. Finding that Williams had no relationship or family member who could have caused the injuries, police found that there was no other explanation than Williams having caused the injuries to herself.
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events. Williams stated that she understood how serious the matters were, stating "I felt bad for lying" and that she was "really really sorry" for doing so. However, she added that people involved had discovered that she had been speaking to the police and in response, they had told her to tell the police certain information to prevent police from tracing them. She stated that it would be hard for the truth to be accepted when she had lied, but added "I don't get these bruises for no reason you know." She added "I don't want to be that girl that cries rape." before repeating "I'm not that person." Asked how she got the bruises, she replied â"Well how? You tell me." When police asked whether the injuries were self-inflicted, Williams responded âare you having a laugh?â
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465:. However, before she could be arrested, Williams went missing again. Police located her 12 hours after she had been reported missing. When she was located in the early hours of 19 July 2019, she made further allegations against different men in relation to trafficking. Police body-worn video from their arrival at Williams' flat shows her opening the door, appearing intoxicated through either drink or drugs. Pretending to be semi-conscious, Williams is seen to have a number of injuries and says "help" to the police officer. An ambulance takes her to hospital, where she discloses that she had taken alcohol, cannabis and
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and became isolated. In August 2020, he attempted to commit suicide and was on anti-depressant medication, losing his self-confidence and he could no longer work. Since the allegations, Trengrove had a child. This resulted in a number of anonymous phone calls being made to social services, informing them he was a rapist and not safe to be with his child. Having recently moved addresses at the time of the trial, his new neighbour stated he didnât want
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Williams, injured within the field. Williams appeared to be looking behind her, as if there was someone there, with
Williams stating that they had left before police had seen her. Williams told police that she was picked up in a car and taken to an address, whereby there were 10 men. She stated she was raped and injured inside the address. When officers found Williams, she had a significant eye injury, with a swollen eye that had closed up and laceration to her finger.
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to where there were two men, who paid
Gardner to have sex with her. On returning to Barrow, Williams stated that a male named Salza picked her up in a car, dropping her off nearby to her address. After this, Williams stated that Salza and another man followed her into the address, whereby they had sex with her. She stated that she was hit in the face twice. She stated that approximately 10 minutes after this happened, police knocked at the door.
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he appears to walk off. Williams is seen on CCTV to follow him, appearing to want to continue the conversation. Later, Gardner and
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caused. As of March 2023, hate crime in the area had not yet decreased to the pre-2020 levels. The local Asian community were targeted, including an Indian restaurantâs windows being smashed. Local businesses that were named in
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she had sex with his friend and stated Ramzan had told her it would only happen once, but that was not the case and it happened more frequently. She explained she discovered that Ramzan would get money whenever she had sex with other men. She stated that Ramzan would take her to parties, where there were other girls and she met other men in Barrow,
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703:. Wrongly accused of being a rapist, 'C' stated he doesnât go to Barrow town centre and had removed himself from social media. Fearing what people were saying, he couldnât pick his son up from nursery. He described Williamsâ false allegation against him as âthe worst experience of his lifeâ, stating he didnât think he would ever recover.
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Trengroveâs house had the word ârapistâ spray painted on it, with his mother having to leave the house. After being released from prison, he still had to face bail conditions, meaning he could not live at his home address. On returning to Barrow, Trengrove faced strangers abusing him in the street
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that were set after being charged with perverting the course of justice. Officers arrested Williams in the early afternoon of 20 May 2020. Having been arrested, Williams was taken to Barrow police station. Williams was subsequently remanded on charges of perverting the course of justice.
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for two weeks, forcing her to work in a brothel, when police said that travel records could be checked. Using a manâs Snapchat account whom she had share intimate messages with, Williams had amended the contact information, making it appear as if the explicit images were from Ramzan.
278:, Williams' parents split up and she did not see her father often. She stated that she did not get along with her stepfather or mother, stating it was the reason that she moved out of their address to live in her own flat. At the time of her trial, she was living in Teasdale Road on
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store and that his phone didn't leave the Barrow area. Williams had been in Amsterdam at that time, however, and had shared a hotel with her sister and her boyfriend. It was heard that Williams admitted to police she had lied about the allegation that Ramzan had taken her to
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The male Williams had previously named as 'Salza' was reported by Williams to have a full name of Emmanuel Salazar. However, alongside another 'trafficker' Williams named, called Role Kelzi, there was evidence that showed neither of them existed. A social media account on
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had been driven around to various locations in Blackpool, being forced to have sex. Having left the local shops, Williams returned to the Savoy Hotel, where the door of the hotel room, which had digital key access, was shown to not have opened for 24 hours.
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turned up in Barrow-in-Furness, claiming to be a journalist investigating the case. In a court statement, Williams stated that she did not want Robinson to come to Barrow, and that she was "devastated" by the impact her post had on the community.
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