A woman who “wickedly” accused an innocent police detective of raping her has been jailed for two years and three months.
Halina Khan’s false claim caused suffering and distress to the Leicestershire officer, whom she had never met.
The detective constable was subjected to a humiliating and unnecessary five week investigation, which incurred forensic science costs of more than £10,000.
Khan admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice last November by making a false rape claim against the detective constable.
Sentencing the 40-year-old at Leicester Crown Court, high court judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said Khan had committed “a wicked crime” which had “serious consequences” for the victim and his family.
She said such false claims affected public confidence in the genuineness of real rape victims.
The court heard that Khan had two previous convictions for incidents of racially abusing police officers.
