Emma Johnson
Appearances
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Her EVIL Lies Ruined COUNTLESS Lives: The Horrific Crimes of Eleanor Williams
Exclusive police footage shows Williams' deception began three years earlier when she said she'd been raped at a party. She withdrew her involvement, but a year and a half later, she makes a fresh allegation. So there's a chap pushing out the door.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Her EVIL Lies Ruined COUNTLESS Lives: The Horrific Crimes of Eleanor Williams
He had a knife. He was waving it around. Notice her bruised cheek. Just weeks after this, she claims she's being trafficked and raped by a gang of Asian men.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Her EVIL Lies Ruined COUNTLESS Lives: The Horrific Crimes of Eleanor Williams
It was, we need to do something to help this girl. What is going on? She describes the properties she was forced to go to in great detail. The police treated Williams like a victim, but suspicions began to arise after they spent two days driving her around a town she said she'd been recently trafficked to and was unable to provide any leads.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Her EVIL Lies Ruined COUNTLESS Lives: The Horrific Crimes of Eleanor Williams
The following week, her lies unravel further when police are called to her home. Injured and seemingly intoxicated, she makes more claims of being trafficked. An investigation takes place and this is the innocent young man she accuses. CCTV from that night shows the pair met by chance in Preston when he asks her for a lighter. It's Williams who pursues a conversation.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Her EVIL Lies Ruined COUNTLESS Lives: The Horrific Crimes of Eleanor Williams
She's then seen on camera in Barrow and Furness walking home with no visible injuries. But when police arrive at her flat 20 minutes later, this is what they find.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Her EVIL Lies Ruined COUNTLESS Lives: The Horrific Crimes of Eleanor Williams
In court, a judge ruled these injuries were self-inflicted and that she was play-acting.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Her EVIL Lies Ruined COUNTLESS Lives: The Horrific Crimes of Eleanor Williams
All of this footage, which has never been seen outside the legal system until today, tells the story of multiple desperate reports, the final one being where Williams was found wounded in a field. Tests would show her injuries were self-inflicted.