By Woman caught in domestic abuse stitch-up
A 24-year-old woman has been jailed after she fabricated a series of assaults and abuse committed by her ex-partner against her.
Kirsty Barr of Barton claimed Ryan Kerrison had repeatedly harassed her and assaulted her, including threatening her with a gun and cutting her with a knife.
She called the emergency services to report the incidents on a number of occasions, with more than one occasion resulting in a full police firearms response and deployment.
On another date Mr Kerrison was arrested and detained on remand for almost two months before being found guilty of harassment. The conviction was later quashed.
Evidence was collated and witness statements obtained that proved Mr Kerrison could not have committed any offences as suggested, which prompted an investigation into Kirsty Bar.
She was eventually arrested and charged in April this year.
Chief Superintendent Christine Wilson of Humberside Police: said: “Ryan Kerrison has been through the most excruciating and harrowing ordeal, being accused and depicted as a monster by a woman who had her own devious and malicious agenda to try and ruin his life.
“Ryan has had to watch everything he had vanish in the blink of an eye, being incarcerated for crimes he didn’t commit and unable to be with his daughter, all because his ex-partner decided she would manipulate the system to see Ryan suffer.
“Barr told her fabricated story to anyone who would listen, portraying Ryan to the whole country through national and social media as a violent man she was terrified of, when in reality, Ryan is the one who was suffering a tirade of abuse from the vicious and false allegations Barr made against him.
“Whilst Ryan can never regain the last four years, I hope there is some comfort for him and his family knowing Barr has now been held accountable for her actions.
“Whilst men are stereotypically the perpetrators of domestic abuse against girls and women, we must ensure in policing we do see the less visible side of these horrific crimes where men are also victims, and always investigate thoroughly and effectively for anyone who is a victim of abuse by a partner.
“Allegations of this nature when falsely made, can have a detrimental impact on genuine victims coming forward, and I want to offer my assurance to anyone who is suffering from this type of crime, that we will always take any report made seriously and treat it with the utmost priority, and importantly, you will be treated sensitively and with confidentiality and we will fully support you to ensure those responsible are brought to justice.”
Barr pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice and has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.
