The mother of Eleanor Williams says she is “heartbroken” in the wake of her daughter’s jailing over false rape accusations.

Williams, 22, has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for making up lies about being trafficked and raped by an Asian grooming gang.

“I can’t describe it. I still can’t take it in really. It just doesn’t feel real,” mother Allison Williams said.

When asked what she thought her daughter’s motives were, she said: “I believe she was just trying to get people to listen to her.”

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