A serial liar who invented a string of false rape and sexual assault allegations has failed in a bid to clear her name.
Jemma Beale, 27, claimed she had been seriously sexually assaulted by six men and raped by nine in four different encounters over the space of three years.
Beale was jailed for 10 years in August 2017 after being found guilty of four counts of perjury and four counts of perverting the course of justice.
She challenged her conviction at the Court of Appeal today, with her lawyers arguing it was unsafe.
Gillian Jones QC, defending, argued the trial judge should have given the jury directions about the danger of assumptions, myths and stereotypes relating to victims of sexual offences.
She also argued that the loss of her anonymity, which led to intense media scrutiny, caused prejudice to Beales defence.
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But Lady Justice Hallett said such directions usually applied to victims, not defendants, and that even if the judge had given guidance it would not have helped Beale.
The judge said: The appellant was accused of being a serial liar who fabricated complaints, mostly of a sexual nature.
The prosecution had a strong case to prove the charges against her, based not on one persons word against another, but on independent and credible evidence.
The judges also dismissed an appeal by Beale against her sentence, saying hers was an exceptional case.
Lady Justice Hallett said that, as well as the men Beale falsely accused, the system of justice had suffered significant harm.
She added: The total of 10 years, although stern, we are satisfied cannot be described as excessive.
The judge told the court that one of the men Beale accused of rape in 2010, Mahad Cassim, was tried twice and jailed for seven years.
His conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal in 2015 after his defence team and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) were alerted to serious doubts over Beales allegations.
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