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A lesbian falsely accused a complete stranger of in a bizarre bid to win back her former lover.
Zoe Davydaitis, picked the innocent man from a police line-up even though he had broken his back in eight places and had to wear a body brace.
Her false accusation led to Phillip Young being charged with , despite his protestations that his horrific injuries from an accident meant the attack was impossible. He went on to receive death threats, was assaulted and eventually attempted suicide.
But on Friday a court heard Davydaitis was a "self-centred attention seeker" as she was jailed for 18 months after admitting perverting the course of justice.
Mr Young's ordeal began in July 2004, when Davydaitis, 24, claimed to have been brutally on a piece of waste ground in Bedford as she walked her dog.
In a 17-page statement she gave a detailed account of her assailant and the attack.
Detectives immediately launched a major hunt for her attacker and put out his description and an appeal in local papers and posters.
At the same time Mr Young, 49, was recovering from a horrific fall. That spring he had broken his spine in eight places after falling off the roof of his third floor flat while trying to get through a skylight after locking himself out.
Surgeons inserted three metal rods into his back, held in place by 96 screws, and he had to wear a body brace and walk with crutches.
However he was arrested after a member of the public noticed his description fitted that of the rapist.
After he was questioned, Davydaitis picked him out from a picture ID parade and despite his protestations that it would have been physically impossible for him to have her, the Crown Prosecution Service decided he should be charged.
After Mr Young's name appeared in local newspapers, he received hate mail, stones were thrown at his windows and he was attacked in the street and suffered a broken arm. His ex-wife even stopped him seeing his two young children. Luton Crown Court heard the truth only began to emerge months later, when a former girlfriend of Davydaitis told police she had seen her "flirting outrageously with some girls" in a pub the night after the alleged attack.
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A lesbian falsely accused a complete stranger of in a bizarre bid to win back her former lover.
Zoe Davydaitis, picked the innocent man from a police line-up even though he had broken his back in eight places and had to wear a body brace.
Her false accusation led to Phillip Young being charged with , despite his protestations that his horrific injuries from an accident meant the attack was impossible. He went on to receive death threats, was assaulted and eventually attempted suicide.
But on Friday a court heard Davydaitis was a "self-centred attention seeker" as she was jailed for 18 months after admitting perverting the course of justice.
Mr Young's ordeal began in July 2004, when Davydaitis, 24, claimed to have been brutally on a piece of waste ground in Bedford as she walked her dog.
In a 17-page statement she gave a detailed account of her assailant and the attack.
Detectives immediately launched a major hunt for her attacker and put out his description and an appeal in local papers and posters.
At the same time Mr Young, 49, was recovering from a horrific fall. That spring he had broken his spine in eight places after falling off the roof of his third floor flat while trying to get through a skylight after locking himself out.
Surgeons inserted three metal rods into his back, held in place by 96 screws, and he had to wear a body brace and walk with crutches.
However he was arrested after a member of the public noticed his description fitted that of the rapist.
After he was questioned, Davydaitis picked him out from a picture ID parade and despite his protestations that it would have been physically impossible for him to have her, the Crown Prosecution Service decided he should be charged.
After Mr Young's name appeared in local newspapers, he received hate mail, stones were thrown at his windows and he was attacked in the street and suffered a broken arm. His ex-wife even stopped him seeing his two young children. Luton Crown Court heard the truth only began to emerge months later, when a former girlfriend of Davydaitis told police she had seen her "flirting outrageously with some girls" in a pub the night after the alleged attack.
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