Guilty or Ill

Mental health issues or not a person can not be at liberty to accuse men of this kind of crime, it ruins the whole family's life not just the accused.

She was assessed before the trail and was found to have no mental health problems.

What sort of mental health problems would she have had though?

I just can't think of what kind of mental health issues she could possibly have,but I guess she has put a lot of the mens families through absolute torture and distress even the breakdown of marriages.

Surely if it was for attention, hatred of men, excitement ,revenge, what ever, it was strange behaviour, the questioning , physical examinations , no way do I think she should have been allowed to walk free but perhaps a physciatric unit ?

A large percentage of both men and women behind bars have MH problems, sadly.

Hopefully she will have some further mental health assessment whilst inside, but as said, many people in prisons have psychiatric problems, and with cuts to the prison services don't get the help they need.

Good she's good what she deserves, she probably ruined these men's lives and their families I have no sympathy for her. Also it is not right women who accuse men of rape are not named but the men are.

I was puzzled by this case as well. Most false rape claims arise from liaisons regretted the next morning or revenge claims. But to make up a series of claims against unknown men several times strikes me as abnormal.

I am not defending her, the long-term affect on the men she accused - especially the one convicted and imprisoned - must be catastrophic, but I cannot believe that she is entirely rational and sane, perhaps a personality disorder rather than a mental illness.

I was also surprised by the severity of the sentence. The man who was erroneously convicted of raping her got 7 years. She has been sentenced to 10 years. I can only assume that there is a public safety element in her sentence. They think there is a danger she could repeat the offence, although with her conviction and sentence I think the police would be very careful about taking any further complaints she might make with caution.

No sympathy from me. What about the men whose lives she ruined?

It is possible to have much sympathy for the victims but still question why the allegations were made .

I hate women like her. She ruined the life of those men. I will not waste a moment of my time wondering what made her tick. Glad she is going to jail. Hope she serves as a reminder to other women who have this on their minds not to do it.

It appears she enjoyed the attention she received playing the victim. It reminded me of the girl in the States who recently bullied and cajoled her boyfriend into killing himself. The judge there said she enjoyed playing the bereaved girlfriend.

Some people are just plain bad. From what I've read I don't think this woman was mentally ill. I think the sentence was totally justified - she's ruined many lives.

Totally agree Oriel

Why do we have to put a label of mental illness on some people when in reality they are just evil bastards.

annie I agree with you in wondering why she behaved as she did whilst having more than every sympathy for the victims. No one who is mentally healthy could behave like this over such a long period of time but I don't see what else the courts could do. Her appearance can't have helped her feel OK about herself - I wonder if she's always been so grossly overweight and completing lacking in any sense of self worth so that making herself a victim gave her life some 'meaning' ? Trying to find an explanation isn't condoning

No, Petra, this was not normal behaviour or even malevolent behaviour. It was disturbed behaviour, probably not mentally ill, but abnormal. However, innocent men need to be protected from her, so I support the sentence she received.

Perhaps mentally ill were the wrong words but I don't like saying unbalanced mind - which I have now said

There was a time when 'balance of the mind was disturbed" was used for suicides , we now accept depression

I think it is quite possible the she has some sort of psychological issue.

We should also remember that the reason this is getting such publicity is that it is so rare. Rape, sadly, is not.

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In my opinion she deserves help but how?

I have no sympathy for this evil woman who ruined the lives of so many men and caused several relationship breakups with her false accusations.

She is clearly unbalanced but imagine if it were your own son or husband she had falsely accused.

I think she is clearly a very disturbed young woman but is still totally capable of knowing right from wrong. Therefore she knew she was lying and making up allegations. She clearly loved the attention it brought her. It is sad that she needed to do that and somehow saw it as acceptable, but I think her sentence is valid - the misery she brought not only to those accused but to their families is immense.

Petra I don't think anyone is born an 'evil bastard' we are all the products of either genetics or environment whilst growing up .... whilst I entirely agree she needs to be stopped and punished for ruining the poor men's lives she does also need psychiatric help to see why she needs this attention at others expense There is a definite lack of cognition, an inability to see results of actions and a lack of compassion which probably add up to some personality disorder

Yes Gilly, but we must also ask what if she was my daughter