A compulsive liar made almost a dozen false claims that she was raped in nearly a decade after making her first complaint at the age of 13, a court has heard.
Elizabeth Jones, 22, admitted she lied about the latest rape allegation because she "did not like" the man she accused of attacking her, the Southampton Crown Court was told.
Her latest victim, who cannot be named, was arrested and questioned for nine hours before being released without charge.
After a judge jailed her for 16 months, it emerged yesterday that Jones made her first complaint in 2004. In 2009, she was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment for a similar offence.
Between 2005 and 2007 she had made eight other allegations, which police investigated. But she was never charged.
In the latest incident, police launched an investigation after Jones urged a friend to report that she had been assaulted.
She later went to the police station for a medical examination and repeated the false allegation.
Jennie Rickman, prosecuting, told the court a man was arrested but he denied the rape allegation.
Detectives later viewed CCTV footage covering part of the house in which Jones claimed to have been attacked. The footage did not support her story as it showed she was not forcibly taken there.
"There is a history of her making false allegations of this nature and this is the 11th incident," she said.
"Police had to take her allegation seriously and carried out an appropriate investigation.
"She was later arrested and accepted she had lied about being raped. She said she did it because she did not like him."
Jones admitted one count of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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