POLICE footage shows how Eleanor Williams was arrested moments after a Facebook post that shocked Barrow.

Williams was 19 when she took to Facebook in May 2020 to make public claims she had been trafficked, raped and beaten by a grooming gang.

She was later found guilty by jurors at Preston Crown Court after her false claims led to her being charged with multiple counts of perverting the course of justice.

Police footage released as part of a BBC documentary into the case shows the moment she was arrested at home for breaching her bail.

In the footage she can be heard telling a family member: "I'm being arrested - I breached my bail."

Williams’ charges came after she accused multiple men, over a period of three years, of raping and trafficking her.

The allegations made by Williams then resulted in a large-scale police investigation into crimes including human trafficking and child sex offences.

In a three-month trial prosecutors presented evidence that Williams had lied about being raped and trafficked and had fabricated evidence to support her story.

Jurors were read transcripts of hours of police interviews with Williams, during which she presented her shocking claims of being trafficked across the north of England and abroad by a gang of men.

Footage of the interviews is featured in the documentary.

Williams is serving eight and a half years in prison.

In his sentencing remarks, His Honour Robert Altham, the honorary recorder of Preston, said: "It is troubling to say the least that she shows no significant sign of remorse, even continuing to profess the truth of her allegations.

"The only flicker of appreciation of what she has done came today with a brief note read by her counsel regretting the effect of her post on May 20 2020.

"There is no explanation for why the defendant would commit these offences.

"She's gone to extraordinary lengths to create false accusations, including causing herself significant injury.

"No explanation for this behaviour is apparent.

"However, that does not mean that I should speculate unless, and until the defendant chooses to say why she has told these lies, we will not know."