A WOMAN who made two false rape allegations to detectives in a matter of days will face a possible prison sentence when she returns to court next month.
Faye Branighan was due to discover her fate today but had failed to keep appointments with probation service officials to compile background reports.
Branighan will now be sentenced on February 12 for two charges of doing an act intending to pervert the course of justice between last August and September.
The 20-year-old, of Rounton Green, Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to the charges of reporting the fictitious crimes at a crown court hearing in November.
She will see a probation official on Monday, and was told by Judge Peter Bowers: "If you fail to do so, probation will tell us, and you will be locked up."
The first allegation was made against an unknown man between August 14 and September 24, and the second was against a named man between August 24 and September 24.
Branighan's barrister, Brian Russell, said she had personal difficulties and was "somewhat depressed" when she made the false claims.
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