A former Grimsby woman who falsely accused Neil and Christine Hamilton of rape has been jailed for wrongly telling police her boyfriend had attacked her with a samurai sword
Nadine Milroy-Sloan, 41, pictured, was jailed for four years for perverting the course of justice, after claiming her now ex-boyfriend had threatened to kill her at their home in Rye, East Sussex.
As reported, the Hamiltons were arrested in 2001 by police investigating an alleged rape that was found to be entirely false.
Her former boyfriend was arrested and later charged, spending three months on remand before police realised that she was lying.
Mrs Hamilton said she had been contacted by the man's mother following his arrest. Although Milroy-Sloan was using her maiden name Checksfield and the first name Emily, she had suspected it was the same woman who had wrongly accused the couple in 2001.
"This poor guy was on remand for three months on totally trumped up charges,' Mrs Hamilton told MailOnline.
"Thank goodness he had the resolution to follow it through because there is a big cost, not just in terms of money but time, and he was determined that she was not going to get away with it."
Milroy-Sloan, now of Deal, Kent, was cleared of a separate alleged offence of burglary.
Police confirmed that Nadine Milroy-Sloan and Emily Checksfield were the same person.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Ling said; "Checksfield had put this man through the ordeal of a convincing allegation, arrest, charge, initial court appearance and, for a while, a remand in custody until he secured bail.
"We will always take all allegations of violent offences very seriously, and this one was thoroughly investigated, but it became clear that Checksfield had made the allegation out of personal spite and that it had no foundation."
