The Daily Telegraph

Woman jailed for lying about taxi driver sex assault

- By Daily Telegraph Reporter

A TAXI driver was unable to provide financial support for his family after he was falsely accused of groping a female passenger, a court heard.

The father-of-three spent six hours in custody and faced possible sex assault charges as part of the “devastatin­g impact” of claims made by Claire Morgan, 35, who alleged she was sexually assaulted three days after she took a five-minute fare from the driver in Bridgend, South Wales in May last year.

The victim, a treasurer at his local mosque, was the sole source of income for his family but was forced to hand over his badge during a six-week investigat­ion, the court heard.

A judge said the man avoided charges because of diligence from investigat­ors while CCTV also proved inconsiste­ncies in her account. Morgan later admitted perverting the course of justice and was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Cardiff Crown Court.

The court heard that Morgan had a personalit­y disorder and that she had told lies in the past, including that her daughter left the Manchester Arena just before the suicide bombing last year.

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