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| A 17-year-old girl who lied about being raped by a taxi driver has been sentenced to a four-month detention and training order. | A 17-year-old girl who lied about being raped by a taxi driver has been sentenced to a four-month detention and training order. |
| The teenager, from Shipley in West Yorkshire, had made the claim against Bradford taxi driver Aftab Ahmed, 44, in January last year. | The teenager, from Shipley in West Yorkshire, had made the claim against Bradford taxi driver Aftab Ahmed, 44, in January last year. |
| The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted perverting the course of justice at a hearing last month. | The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted perverting the course of justice at a hearing last month. |
| She was sentenced at Bradford Magistrates' Court. | |
| District Judge David Thomas told the girl she would serve two months of her sentence in custody. | District Judge David Thomas told the girl she would serve two months of her sentence in custody. |
| The incident had spiralled out of control and I was concerned about what would happen if I said it had not happened at all Teenager's statement | |
| She had been drinking in the city centre with her sister and friend when they put her in a taxi with Mr Ahmed and sent her home. | |
| The judge said: "What you did had disastrous consequences so far as Mr Ahmed was concerned. | |
| "He couldn't find your home because you were not in a position to direct him to it and he took the trouble to ask at several places. | |
| "You repaid that kindness by alleging that he had raped you. | |
| "The consequences were disastrous for Mr Ahmed, who was arrested in front of his family." | |
| Mr Ahmed reassured the girl's sister and friends that she would be safe by giving them his registration number, the court heard. | |
| Driver fears | |
| The 17-year-old was sick six times on the way home and had trouble directing him. | |
| When she returned home the girl called police and took them to a location on Baildon Moor where she said the rape had taken place. | |
| In a statement read out to the court, she said: "I was extremely disorientated in the taxi. I arrived home. At that stage I seriously believed I had experienced a genuine sexual assault. | |
| "I returned to normality and realised it had not taken place. By that time the police were on their way. | |
| "The incident had spiralled out of control and I was concerned about what would happen if I said it had not happened at all." | |
| The court heard that Mr Ahmed, who has 11-year-old twin daughters, no longer works at night for fear of further allegations and his financial position is now such that he has had to put his house on the market. | |
| The court was told the girl's allegation had cost the police more than £5,000 and court costs amounted to about £1,000. |