Woman jailed for lying about rape

London: A lying mother who cried rape to get her estranged husband "removed from her life" was jailed for four months on Friday.

Michaela Lodge's "wicked" allegation against innocent Martin Lodge resulted in him spending 12 hours in a cell.

Only after three months did the 45-year-old mother-of-three confess she had made it all up so she could pursue an affair.

Judge Rodger Hayward Smith said her "calculated" behaviour had done a great disservice to real rape victims.

Sentencing Lodge, who admitted perverting the course of justice, he said: "It was a wicked allegation that was pre-planned to hasten his departure from your life."

Lodge, who hails from Braintree, Essex, was arrested after finally confessing she had lied in a letter of apology to Lodge begging his forgiveness.

Last night her 54-year-old husband told the Mail being arrested left him "totally humiliated" but that his wife, who he supported in court, had "learned her lesson".