Nigerian Girl Jailed In London For Falsely Accusing Man She Met at Nightclub of Rape

Comfort Yinusa 

This is the result of bad judgement and a little too much wine!

Comfort Yinusa, a 23 year old London-based underground worker has been jailed for 8 months after she falsely accused an accountant who left her waiting for a lift home of rape.

Police claim that the Kingston University drop out was jailed for wasting more than 100 hours of police time following the 5am false report in October 2013, where she told officers she had been raped and sexually assaulted by the accountant and his friend.

She dodged medical examination, didn't turn up for police interviews, and even went as far as telling detectives she wanted to close the case.

The truth only came out when police went through CCTV and mobile phone evidence to expose all of her drunken lies. (What is that quote they used to say again, "When wind blow, __________")

As for the two men she put through all of this humiliation, they spent 14 and 16 hours respectively in police custody. One of the men says that he had felt 'shocked, shame and stigma' after being falsely accused by Yinusa.

Yinusa was arrested on December 2, 2013, and confronted with the CCTV and phone evidence proving she had lied - but made no comment in interview.

The following day the accountant and his friend were finally told they would not be charged, having spent five weeks on bail.

More than £3,000 was wasted on forensic inquiries after both men had to provide intimate samples, surrender their clothing and undergo a medical examination.

The court heard that Yinusa, who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, had alcohol issues, a caution for shoplifting and used cocaine for three years before the incident.

Her barrister Neville Rudston described the false allegation as 'a monstrous act' and added: 'The enormity of the consequences should have been clear. The reality is they weren't.'

'It was an outburst of anger. She says it and then she was stuck with it, she didn't have the robustness or strength to say 'no I take it back' and that's why it turned out as badly as it did.'

Since then, the defendant, who was of previous good character, found a job working for London Underground helping members of the public.

As well as eight months in prison, Yinusa was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £100.