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Allegations of Sexual Abuse
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A woman bombarded police with
false complaints of being raped, assaulted, and having witnessed criminals
preparing to rob a bank, a court was told yesterday. Liselle Louise Ellis, 21,
unemployed, had already made repeated false complaints, leading to a trespass
order in August forbidding her from going to the Christchurch central police
station for the next two years. Prosecutor Graham Capill told the
Christchurch District Court that Ellis was "infatuated with the
police" and within two months of the trespass notice, was making more
false complaints. "In the past, the police have
made extensive investigations into her allegations and on each occasion
they've been false," he said "She came to the police
station on three occasions on October 28 and made a complaint of rape. This
was found to be false. "On November 5, she came in
and made an allegation she had been threatened but this was disproved by the
police. "Police later investigated a
call that she had been with some associates who were planning to rob a bank.
That information was found to be false and Ellis was handed over to her
mother but absconded within 30 minutes. "On November 9, she rang 111
and made an allegation that she'd been sexually assaulted." When challenged over the repeated
false complaints, the court was told she showed no remorse and said it was
"not her fault that the police don't believe her". Judge Stephen Erber was told Ellis
has intellectual disabilities and a personality disorder but a psychiatric
assessment found she was capable of facing the consequences of her actions. The judge deferred sentence so a
report could be compiled on Ellis. He told Ellis: "Listen to
this: your bail is renewed but you must understand that if you don't comply
with the terms, you're going to be locked up. Do you understand?" Ellis said she did. |
