Interesting wording that the newspaper have given this article; the word
pairing doesn't match:

Quote #1: "Mother falsely accused husband"

But Woman pairs with Man. And Wife pairs with Husband. And Mother pairs
with Father.

But the Daily Mail has paired "Mother" with "Husband". Why? Perhaps
because "Mother" is a more sympathetic and close term that softens the
nature and extent of this woman's and wife's abuse and violence.

Quote #2: Only after three months did the 45-year-old mother-of-three
confess she had made it all up so she could pursue an affair.

At least she confessed to her crime. I am aware of one case in Australia
where the wife lied and falsely alleged rape, in conjunction with
intervention orders, to evict the husband from his family and home.

Quote #3: He said: 'It was born out of a confused desire to remove him from
the picture. She accepts it was an outright lie. She did what she did
without thinking of the consequences.'

Quote #4: She was jailed despite 'a magnanimous appeal for mercy' from her
husband, asking the judge to spare her from prison. ... 'But I really can't
hold too much against her. Maybe I'm too soft - that's why I supported
her in court. 'I think it's a very lenient sentence but I think maybe she
could not have been sent to jail as I think she has learned her lesson.'

Yes, he is too soft and more men need to stop excusing and protecting women
from the consequences of their actions. And more women need to start
experiencing the consequences of their actions. And that needs to be
widely reported by way of warning other women not to lie and make false
allegations.

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rape-wanted-life.html>

Daily Mail (Britain)
3 July 2009

Mother falsely accused husband of rape because 'she wanted him out of her life'
By Sam Greenhill

A lying mother who cried rape to get her estranged husband 'removed from
her life' was jailed for four months yesterday.

Michaela Lodge's 'wicked' allegation against innocent Martin Lodge resulted
in him spending 12 hours in a cell.

Only after three months did the 45-year-old mother-of-three confess she had
made it all up so she could pursue an affair.

Judge Rodger Hayward Smith said her 'calculated' behaviour had done a great
disservice to real rape victims'.

Sentencing Lodge, who admitted perverting the course of justice, he said:
'It was a wicked allegation that was pre-planned to hasten his departure
from your life.'

Lodge, of Braintree, Essex, was arrested after finally confessing she had
lied in a letter of apology to Mr Lodge begging his forgiveness.

Last night her 54-year-old husband told the Mail being arrested left him
'totally humiliated' but that his wife, who he supported in court, had
'learned her lesson'.

Prosecutor Andrew Jackson told Chelmsford Crown Court Mr Lodge's ordeal
began last November when his wife claimed he had raped her in the house
they continued to share, even though they were estranged.

Essex Police started a rape investigation and held Mr Lodge in custody for
12 hours and 49 minutes.

He was released on bail after insisting he had gone to bed with his wife,
but only at her invitation.

Two months later Lodge made a witness statement in which she said she did
not want her husband prosecuted - but continued to maintain he had raped her.

However in February she passed a letter to her husband, via her son Daniel,
admitting the lie. It had 'a kiss underneath' his name on the envelope, the
court heard.

The letter read: 'I am so sorry about what I have done to you. My head was
and is all over the place.

'I cannot deal with this any more, I need to put it right. When we went to
bed we both wanted to make love and the fact is I lied to police about you
raping me.

'I will say goodbye and hope one day you will be able to forgive me. I am
so sorry.'

When arrested for making the false allegation, Lodge admitted she had lied.
Mr Lodge was never charged.

Marc Brown, defending, insisted Lodge had not acted out of malice or
revenge and claimed she started having regrets almost immediately.

He said: 'It was born out of a confused desire to remove him from the
picture. She accepts it was an outright lie. She did what she did without
thinking of the consequences.'

Lodge, whose three grown-up children are from a previous marriage, boasts
on the Friends Reunited website that she loves 'nights in with a nice
bottle of wine' and 'going out with my friends dancing'.

Elsewhere she describes herself as 'bisexual', and has also posted
photographs of herself in a short dress flashing her stocking tops.

She was jailed despite 'a magnanimous appeal for mercy' from her husband,
asking the judge to spare her from prison.

Last night Mr Lodge, a warehouseman who married his wife in 1994, said:
'When the police turned up I was totally gobsmacked. I couldn't believe
what was going on. It was totally humiliating.

'But I really can't hold too much against her. Maybe I'm too
soft - that's why I supported her in court.

'I think it's a very lenient sentence but I think maybe she could not have
been sent to jail as I think she has learned her lesson.'