Woman who made false rape claim has charges dismissed

A YOUNG woman who sparked a major investigation two years ago when she made a false claim that she had been raped in Cork city had the charges against her dismissed yesterday as it was accepted by the prosecution that she was highly unlikely to commit any further offences in the future.

The case arose out of a visit by Lorraine Forde, aged 24, from Baltimore Road, Skibbereen, Co Cork, to Cork city for a night out with friends. The others went into a nightclub but the defendant was refused because she did not have ID and she became detached from the group.

Forde made a spur of the moment decision to text her sister that she had been raped.