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Allegations of Sexual
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A woman has admitted bombarding
police with false complaints of being raped, assaulted and having witnessed
criminals preparing to rob a bank. 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". Within two months of the trespass
notice she was making more false complaints, Capill said. "In the past, the police have
made extensive investigations into her allegations and on each occasion they've
been false. "On October 28, she came to
the police station on three occasions 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
that a report could be compiled on Ellis. He added: "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. |
