Woman who lied about grooming gang guilty of perverting course of justice

Eleanor Williams, 22, claimed she had been trafficked by Asian gang and made false rape allegations

A 22-year-old woman from Barrow-in-Furness has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice by telling malevolent" lies about being trafficked by an Asian grooming gang and making false rape allegations against a series of white men.

Eleanor Williams, known as Ellie, sparked a worldwide solidarity movement when she posted graphic photos of herself on Facebook, alleging she had been beaten and raped by men who took her to sex parties" around the north-west of England.