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Girl's "rape" lies spark manhunt

4:21pm Monday 17th September 2007

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By Edward Chadwick »

A 13-YEAR-OLD girl sparked a huge manhunt for a masked rapist after she invented a sex attack because she was late getting home.

The teenager from Horwich said she had been dragged in to woodland close to Rivington and Blackrod High School and subjected to the ordeal at about midnight on Saturday.

Police sealed off the area where the girl said she had been attacked and launched an investigation costing thousands of pounds and involving forensics experts who were brought in to search for clues.

After being interviewed by specially-trained officers for a second time on Monday, the girl admitted she had concocted the story because she was worried that she would get in trouble with her parents for being late.

Police confirmed that they were no longer investigating but said that the girl would not be punished for wasting police time.

It is understood that she was warned by police officers that she could have faced charges.

The allegations were made initially to the girl's parents after she returned home after midnight on Sunday.

Police were then called and statements were taken from the "victim".

A description of a mixed race man wearing a hooded top and scarf across his face was circulated to the media.

A police spokesman said: "Following investigations in to the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl in Rivington, police are no closing their enquiries after in transpired that the allegations were false.

"Officers are happy that no offences have actually taken place and there will be no further action.

"She will not be dealt with and there will be no prosecution or caution against her."


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Sheila, Bolton says...
5:16pm Mon 17 Sep 07

This idiot of a girl should be charged for wasting police time and resources. I hope her parents have taken appropriate action.

interested resident, says...
5:25pm Mon 17 Sep 07

Hope it doesn't happen for real, as she may have a job convincing them to take her seriously.

Trotter, Bolton says...
5:26pm Mon 17 Sep 07

Take it easy folks, not the girls fault entirely, have the Parents any say in this? why was she allowed out at that time of night? questions should be directed to the parents, too many times irresponsible behaviour is down to the parents who need to be more responsible.

ziggyboo22, bolton says...
5:28pm Mon 17 Sep 07

absolute disgrace she should of been charged with wasting police time that would have taught her a lesson. i hope her parents have give her a good hiding, she oviously has a warped mind to concoct such a story at such a young age.

the hangman, end of the noose says...
5:34pm Mon 17 Sep 07

Hang on

This silly little **** will not have to go to court just because she hasn`t been in trouble before ????

But do we all not keep reading that the police are under stafted and that they are tied down with paperwork.

Yet here we have a silly little cow that claims to have been raped causing the police to spend time and money (MY MONEY) running around like headless chickens doing nothing.

Then we have to think of all those women that have been raped in the past and are to scared to come forward and make a complaint well this cow as helped them hasn`t she!!! not even named because they claim she is to young.
She should be named for this and just because someone that was a innocent victim may have been questioned by the police even a persons dna may have been taken for nothing (and kept on record) just because she was late home..

I just wonder how she would feel if she was ever get be raped ????

Panzer, says...
5:34pm Mon 17 Sep 07

Other silly Girls have followed through with these false allegations and put innocent men through Hell, but yeah its not against the Law in Britain for Girls to Cry false Rape, just as Kids burning their School down is also allowed.

liambwfc, Bolton says...
6:16pm Mon 17 Sep 07

should she not be doing community service to help pay for the inquiry?

This is a disgrace!

Surely phychological tests should be carried out on this girl. She could have said anything other than what she said.

sha1968, Horwich says...
6:41pm Mon 17 Sep 07

I cannot believe that this silly little girl will not even get a caution for wasting police time. All kids tell little lies from time to time but this is NOT a little white lie is it. She should be ashamed of herself. Lets hope her parents have a more severe punishment in mind. The police don't know what they are doing either, send a kid to court for throwing a cocktail sausage, but something like this and they get off, that is sending totally the wrong message out isn't it.

J_lane83, Horwich says...
7:16pm Mon 17 Sep 07

You have got to think why this girl was so terrified of her parents to make up such a silly story!

casey, horwich says...
7:34pm Mon 17 Sep 07

Im a student that atends Rivington and Blackrod High School in our form rooms today we got told by our teachers that a girl had been raped just near to our school field. me and my friends felt Petrified for the girl and worried for our own safety. that night on the way home i found this article and could not believe that all that worring was for nothing.even if that girl does go to my school she should be thought a lesson on wasting peoples time and making people worry for no reason.

BWFC-TIL-I-DIE, BOLTON says...
8:11pm Mon 17 Sep 07

stupid little girl... this is the type of girl that if she has a problem with a bloke she would probably scream rape, ruin his family, have him locked up for 5 yrs and then admit the truth. lock her up for two weeks and teach her a lesson ...

BWFC-TIL-I-DIE, BOLTON says...
8:12pm Mon 17 Sep 07

J_lane83 wrote:
You have got to think why this girl was so terrified of her parents to make up such a silly story!
get real!!!!!!!

scared to death, Horwich says...
8:21pm Mon 17 Sep 07


Im a Rivi n Blackrod Pupil i was so scared i didn't want to walk home or to school but why would a young girl make up that to her parant but she should be charged for wasting police time!!!!

eaststand mike, Bolton says...
8:46pm Mon 17 Sep 07

If this girl had named a man for the alleged offence on her, his name would be up in lights all over the news, he would lose his job, his life would be ruined, and he would have a criminal record against his name - which would never be erased even for a false allegation. As has happened in the past, and with this case, the 'victim' has told the truth eventually, and she has gone back to her normal life but if she had lied about a certain male commiting the offence in the first place, his life would still be ruined.
A serious offence has been committed here, it is not stealing a bag of sweets, she should be punished for wasting an overstretched police service!

Icemoose, Bolton says...
9:20pm Mon 17 Sep 07

She should be done for wasting police time, let alone the cost involved or at least bill her parents. I was under the impression you got a caution for a first offence. She should be ashamed of herself….

Big question here though what where her parents doing allowing a child or teen to be out at that time of night, they obviously have very little control over her daughter… I wonder where this girl will be in a few years time.

Morrigan, Bolton says...
9:37pm Mon 17 Sep 07

eaststand mike wrote:
If this girl had named a man for the alleged offence on her, his name would be up in lights all over the news, he would lose his job, his life would be ruined, and he would have a criminal record against his name - which would never be erased even for a false allegation. As has happened in the past, and with this case, the 'victim' has told the truth eventually, and she has gone back to her normal life but if she had lied about a certain male commiting the offence in the first place, his life would still be ruined. A serious offence has been committed here, it is not stealing a bag of sweets, she should be punished for wasting an overstretched police service!
I agree with you Mike. There are individuals in prison who are innocent accused of similar.
It's concerning the police haven't pressed some sort of charges. There will be other teenagers jumping on the bandwagon thinking they can get away with saying exactly the same thing.
Not good.

RiviStu, Lostock says...
9:39pm Mon 17 Sep 07

This is a message to the girl who ever you are, i also attend rivington and blackrod high school, all the students and staff have been so worried today for you. What you have to think about now is the next girl to be raped in this area, she may not be taken seriosly and the police may not belive her and treat her with mistrust because of you and you lie .

JoePublic, Bolton says...
10:02pm Mon 17 Sep 07

She should be named and shamed.

caz, Chorley says...
10:12pm Mon 17 Sep 07

OMG, why on earth did she do this?? and why was she even allowed out at that time of night?? When I was 13 (and it wasn't that long ago) I was only allowed out onto the front of the house till 9pm (if I was lucky!) She should be named and shamed and she should be punished. I hope in the future it doesn't happen to her as not many people would believe her.

caz, Chorley says...
10:25pm Mon 17 Sep 07

Just been on another newspaper site and it says this girl was drunk. Quote - "A TEENAGE girl who got drunk and lost her mobile phone cried rape in a bid to generate sympathy, it has been revealed"

JoePublic, Bolton says...
10:28pm Mon 17 Sep 07

and why was she even allowed out at that time of night??

I suppose one of the main planks of this story is that she wasn't.
Still no excuse for what she did.

DMorris, Bolton (Rivi 6th Form Student) says...
10:38pm Mon 17 Sep 07

What you have to remember is this... 6 in 10 victims of rape drop the case through fear or due to abuse. I think it rather un-fair for you all to pass such harsh comments when you know very little. And as for the comment made by BOLTON-TILL-I-DIE that states her fellow pupils should slap her, words can't describe how much of stupid thing that is to say.

caz, Chorley says...
10:47pm Mon 17 Sep 07

DMorris wrote:
What you have to remember is this... 6 in 10 victims of rape drop the case through fear or due to abuse. I think it rather un-fair for you all to pass such harsh comments when you know very little. And as for the comment made by BOLTON-TILL-I-DIE that states her fellow pupils should slap her, words can't describe how much of stupid thing that is to say.
6 in 10 victims (real victims) may drop the case because of fear but this 13 yr old girl has admitted she made the whole thing up. DMorris - as you are a 6th form student at Rivi you will probably find out who this girl is (if you don't already know). Being an ex Rivin pupil I know how quick gossip goes round the school. How would you feel if this girl was accusing you or a friend of such a terrible thing?? Your opinion may be different then

Panzer, says...
12:15am Tue 18 Sep 07

DMorris wrote:
What you have to remember is this... 6 in 10 victims of rape drop the case through fear or due to abuse. I think it rather un-fair for you all to pass such harsh comments when you know very little. And as for the comment made by BOLTON-TILL-I-DIE that states her fellow pupils should slap her, words can't describe how much of stupid thing that is to say.
I think she has admitted making it up, 6th form student learn to read.

mercy, bolton says...
12:57am Tue 18 Sep 07

Trotter wrote:
Take it easy folks, not the girls fault entirely, have the Parents any say in this? why was she allowed out at that time of night? questions should be directed to the parents, too many times irresponsible behaviour is down to the parents who need to be more responsible.
A bit one sided - when I was late in as a youngster, I knew id grt a good hiding for being late in - even if it was 5 mins late - and I had to be in at 9pm, but to concoct a story of rape just isnt normal, did this girl want removing from her parents care?? This is a serious thing to happen. It is the girls fault from crying RAPE of all things - not I forgot the time - or even something lesser like I was Mugged! This case just goes to show that kids these days - are literally that kids with big gobs, mobiles and expensive clothes. Trying to be bigger girls than they actually are acting like adults - but clearly missing the maturity to distinguish between actions and consequences - what a cabbaged thing to do

mercy, bolton says...
12:58am Tue 18 Sep 07

ziggyboo22 wrote:
absolute disgrace she should of been charged with wasting police time that would have taught her a lesson. i hope her parents have give her a good hiding, she oviously has a warped mind to concoct such a story at such a young age.
seems that way - still now social services will be involved - if they give her a good hiding - theyll get taken to court

mercy, bolton says...
1:00am Tue 18 Sep 07

the hangman wrote:
Hang on This silly little **** will not have to go to court just because she hasn`t been in trouble before ???? But do we all not keep reading that the police are under stafted and that they are tied down with paperwork. Yet here we have a silly little cow that claims to have been raped causing the police to spend time and money (MY MONEY) running around like headless chickens doing nothing. Then we have to think of all those women that have been raped in the past and are to scared to come forward and make a complaint well this cow as helped them hasn`t she!!! not even named because they claim she is to young. She should be named for this and just because someone that was a innocent victim may have been questioned by the police even a persons dna may have been taken for nothing (and kept on record) just because she was late home.. I just wonder how she would feel if she was ever get be raped ????
you said - I just wonder how she would feel if she was ever get be raped ????

Well lets hope she never knows and realsies how stupid, irresponsible and thoughless she'd been. You can tell she thinks liek a child, especially with all the DNA and foresics - how on earth did she think she'd get away with it?

erichyland, says...
8:04am Tue 18 Sep 07

A girl of 13yrs. is still a child, she may think she is grown-up, she may even look grown-up but she is still a child. Some of the previous comments are disgraceful, she was out too late, maybe not for the first time and was terrified about what her parents might say (or do) She treid to get herself out of trouble with this story and made a big mistake. I feel sure she regrets what she did and must be feeling terrible just now. She should not be hounded and bullied and her life ruined. Leave her alone and let her try to put it all behind her.

Womble, Bolton says...
8:30am Tue 18 Sep 07

I don't think she should be named and shamed, but I do think that she should receive some sort of punishment, and also a very intensive counselling session informing her exactly what the consequences of her actions could have been, had someone been arrested.

I can understand her being scared of her parents' reaction to her coming home late - I felt similarly with my parents; even at 20 years old, the rule was that I had to be home by 10:30 or I would be locked out, so there was no chance of sneaking in, and I'd have to ring the doorbell and then face the music from dad.

tazzydoodle, Cuckoo Land says...
10:24am Tue 18 Sep 07

TWO brothers aged 12 were arrested and grilled by cops — for scraping an apple along a wall.

Curtis and Liam Francis were hauled away to the police station, where they had their mugshots, DNA and fingerprints taken.

This is from today's sun paper. Beggars belief

BWFC-TIL-I-DIE, BOLTON says...
10:27am Tue 18 Sep 07

well, if you scrape an apple on a wall when your 12 what on earth are you gonna get upto when your 15 ??? :-)

Panzer, says...
10:31am Tue 18 Sep 07

I can't believe some people on here are defending her stupid actions, just goes to show what their standards of behaviour are.

melody shaw, says...
11:13am Tue 18 Sep 07

erichyland wrote:
A girl of 13yrs. is still a child, she may think she is grown-up, she may even look grown-up but she is still a child. Some of the previous comments are disgraceful, she was out too late, maybe not for the first time and was terrified about what her parents might say (or do) She treid to get herself out of trouble with this story and made a big mistake. I feel sure she regrets what she did and must be feeling terrible just now. She should not be hounded and bullied and her life ruined. Leave her alone and let her try to put it all behind her.
You say this but what if this girl had carried through with this lie? She could have picked anyone as the so called rapist and then what? He and his family would have been hounded and possibly injured because of this silly child!

ot, bolton says...
11:44am Tue 18 Sep 07

what a muppet she has been, maybe she should be put in front of people who have been accused and found not guilty and be made to show the consequences of her actions

gazz_ball - Supera Moras!, bolton says...
12:18pm Tue 18 Sep 07

tazzydoodle wrote:
TWO brothers aged 12 were arrested and grilled by cops — for scraping an apple along a wall. Curtis and Liam Francis were hauled away to the police station, where they had their mugshots, DNA and fingerprints taken. This is from today's sun paper. Beggars belief
Contact the RSPCA

Royal Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Apples

They should be hung for this.

wahid, Manchester says...
12:54pm Tue 18 Sep 07

what happened to the boy who cried wolf...??? its the same scenario

BWFC-TIL-I-DIE, BOLTON says...
1:48pm Tue 18 Sep 07

my god, next time im out in bolton, having a wee down the backstreet on my home, i better make sure i dont scrape me plums on the bl**dy wall !!!!

BWFC-TIL-I-DIE, BOLTON says...
1:48pm Tue 18 Sep 07

should have said way home....

taylor, Horwich says...
1:52pm Tue 18 Sep 07

stupid little girl you are sick 4 saying something like that your just being an attention seeker i would be to ashamed to call you my daughter if i were your parents id kick you out you need to sort your head out

taylor, Horwich says...
2:07pm Tue 18 Sep 07

your a disgrace you should have been named your just a little imature **** coz ther are inocent people out there who have been through what you are lieing about and your just taking the **** out ov them your just a little **** wot would you do if it happened you would be sorry then

taylor, Horwich says...
2:09pm Tue 18 Sep 07

sicko

BWFC-TIL-I-DIE, BOLTON says...
2:22pm Tue 18 Sep 07

Fully agree with your point mate but calm down a bit... seem to be turning a bit psyco on the matter.. im guessing by your comments youve been falsley accused of similar ??

taylor, Horwich says...
2:40pm Tue 18 Sep 07

thanks for agreeing wiv me mate but ive never been in that situation and never will

boltonlad, Horwich says...
2:52pm Tue 18 Sep 07

I cycled past the location of this "crime" on Sunday afternoon. The whole area was cordened off, and there must have been 20 police there with sniffer dogs and forensics etc.. This has cost an absolute fortune!! This girl should be made to do community service for every man hour wasted on this investigation! I really cannot believe she hasn't been charged!

BWFC-TIL-I-DIE, BOLTON says...
3:44pm Tue 18 Sep 07

taylor, good to here, it must be a nightmare for those that have..... boltonlad, absolutely agree, probably cost thousands of taxpayers money, bang her up for a fortnight in a young offenders and then make her do 100 hrs community service...

mercy, bolton says...
8:15pm Tue 18 Sep 07

taylor wrote:
stupid little girl you are sick 4 saying something like that your just being an attention seeker i would be to ashamed to call you my daughter if i were your parents id kick you out you need to sort your head out
kicking a 13 year old out onto the street - is not going to hwelp her 'sort her head out', maybe a clinical psychologist is the answer? CHanging the friends she hangs around with, im NOT defending her actions and you make some serious points.I think its possibly a lie that she didnt realise would go so far - thats the stupidity of youth for you.

I think you need to calm down a little most folk are upset and annoyed. There are bound to be vigalantes after her to 'give her a good slap' - which is wrong, her and her family will be living a nighmare now, her family must feel such shame and im certain she'll have to change schools now. Still im sure if the parents had a car theyd have gone and picked up up instead of allowing her to be late home - wouldnt they?

A Horwich Parent, Horwich says...
10:22pm Tue 18 Sep 07

She is 13! She did a very silly thing and probably regretted it from the word go. Lies are funny things aren't they. One little white one can very easily escalate out of control. I'm sure she has received a severe talking to from the Police. There are some very odd sounding people making comments about a child on here. 'kick her out', 'slap her', 'name and shame her' - what's all that about? She is just a kid - leave her alone . So what if some of OUR money has been used on wasted Police time, I'm sure a hell of a lot more gets wasted on other stuff. I don't know who foots the bill for the police support to carnival parades and the like, but if it's us - what a waste that is!

Panzer, says...
11:14am Wed 19 Sep 07

A Horwich Parent wrote:
She is 13! She did a very silly thing and probably regretted it from the word go. Lies are funny things aren't they. One little white one can very easily escalate out of control. I'm sure she has received a severe talking to from the Police. There are some very odd sounding people making comments about a child on here. 'kick her out', 'slap her', 'name and shame her' - what's all that about? She is just a kid - leave her alone . So what if some of OUR money has been used on wasted Police time, I'm sure a hell of a lot more gets wasted on other stuff. I don't know who foots the bill for the police support to carnival parades and the like, but if it's us - what a waste that is!
A little white lie ? lolololol

I wonder how wild your kids are ?

mercy, bolton says...
5:30pm Wed 19 Sep 07

A Horwich Parent wrote:
She is 13! She did a very silly thing and probably regretted it from the word go. Lies are funny things aren't they. One little white one can very easily escalate out of control. I'm sure she has received a severe talking to from the Police. There are some very odd sounding people making comments about a child on here. 'kick her out', 'slap her', 'name and shame her' - what's all that about? She is just a kid - leave her alone . So what if some of OUR money has been used on wasted Police time, I'm sure a hell of a lot more gets wasted on other stuff. I don't know who foots the bill for the police support to carnival parades and the like, but if it's us - what a waste that is!
Above you said she is just a kid leave her alone - however children dont generally say theyve been raped, and to say its a white lie -= is a stretch too far, I understand your need to defend her. Theres a big difference between a carnival parade -and a rape claim. Carnicals are enjoyed by thousands of rate payers - and equally not enjoyed by hundreds of others, however - who got the enjoyment out of this? I feel people in the community - which contains all types of peoples from various walks of life -want value for money. Most 13 yeard olds don't claim theyve been raped. This girl is plain niave - or sexually active. I do however feel its time that this 'story' was removed as it has run its course. There will be enought of a witch hunt where this girl lives - and she will have to live with it all her life - and her parents, friends and family the shame.

scared to death, Horwich says...
7:33pm Wed 19 Sep 07

God we are or where kid after all we all do stupid things like that i no its a wrong thing to do but we are kids arn't we ???????

DMorris, Bolton says...
10:59pm Thu 20 Sep 07

caz wrote:
DMorris wrote: What you have to remember is this... 6 in 10 victims of rape drop the case through fear or due to abuse. I think it rather un-fair for you all to pass such harsh comments when you know very little. And as for the comment made by BOLTON-TILL-I-DIE that states her fellow pupils should slap her, words can't describe how much of stupid thing that is to say.
6 in 10 victims (real victims) may drop the case because of fear but this 13 yr old girl has admitted she made the whole thing up. DMorris - as you are a 6th form student at Rivi you will probably find out who this girl is (if you don't already know). Being an ex Rivin pupil I know how quick gossip goes round the school. How would you feel if this girl was accusing you or a friend of such a terrible thing?? Your opinion may be different then
What i'm saying is, what if she hasn't made it up, what if she is a real victim , what if her attacker has told her to say she lied or he/she would kill her. It has happend many many times in the past . I'm saying maybe we shouldnt just jump in and bite the poor girls head off.

scared to death, Horwich says...
9:18pm Fri 21 Sep 07

i agree with you Dmorris we shouldn't be biting her head off!!!

laura, bolton says...
12:31pm Mon 24 Sep 07

Well, i have to agree that this is absoulutely disgusting and she should be named and shamed and punished severely. However, i would also like to add that so many of you are saying why was the girl allowed out so late at night - Have you read the article properly? It actually says that she was late home, she wasnt allowed out so late, she just didnt return at the time she was supposed to return!

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