"Wie eine Frau, die ich zu trösten versuchte, mein Leben mit einer Falschbeschuldigung ruinierte"

A soldier has told how his life was ruined when a woman he tried to comfort falsely accused him of rape.

The man - who has not been named - was held by police for 15 hours after Phillipa Costello said he attacked her. It was then another two months before the investigation against him was dropped when CCTV footage proved he was innocent. However he said that by this time, his partner had left him and he had been subjected to name calling.

On Monday, Costello, 28, was jailed for eight months for perverting the course of justice.

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