Article: Woman who cried rape is caught out by CCTV cameras; False claims: Wendy Griffin told gardai that she had been raped in the toilet of a nightclub in Sligo.

Byline: MARESE MCDONAGH

A YOUNG woman who claimed that she was raped in a nightclub toiletfabricated the entire incident, a court heard yesterday.

WendyGriffin,24,gavea graphic account to gardai of how she was pushed against the wall of thetoilet during a night out with friends to celebrate her 22nd birthday.

Shethensaidthatshe was stripped and raped before managing to break free from her attacker.

But yesterday a court watched CCTV footage from the Sligo nightclub whichshowed that Griffin had never actually gone to the bathroom where the allegedincident took place.

Griffin, who had an address at Gateway Apartments, ...

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