Cumberland News Exclusive by Sarah Newstead
Published at 10:52, Friday, 16 July 2010
Leyla Elhand Mohamed Ibrahim, 22, of Deer Park Road, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice by a Carlisle Crown Court jury on June 17.
Her claim that she was attacked in the early hours of January 4 last year 2009 on a footpath near Cavendish Terrace sparked a manhunt involving up to 40 police officers and costing £150,000.
Sentencing yesterday, Judge Paul Batty QC described the crime as “wicked” and commended the police officers who led the investigation.
Now seven months pregnant, Ibrahim will give birth in jail and could have her baby taken from her.
But her distraught mother, Sandra Allen, 53, says she will always believe her daughter is innocent.