Woman claimed rape to get lift home from gardaí

A judge has said that a woman who falsely claimed in an emergency ‘999’ call to gardaí that she had been raped “put on an Oscar-winning performance”.

Judge Patrick Durcan made the comment before imposing a suspended six- month jail term on Christina Dowie, aged 47, from Traderee Court, Shannon, Co Clare, after finding her guilty of making a false report of rape in two phone calls to the emergency services on March 18, 2015.

Judge Durcan said that Dowie’s actions on the night were “reprehensible” where, he said, she made two calls in order for gardaí to give her a lift back to her home in Shannon from Sixmilebridge 8km away.