Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, 2019: A story which left a town shaken to its core. Ellie Williams claimed she was being rape, tortured and exploited at the hands of an Asian grooming gang. Accused: The Fake Grooming Scandal I, Channel 4 2025
Whichever man was willing to pay the most money you’d go with … And they’d say we’re their bitches, under their control. ibid. Ellie
Within the day, there was rallies all over town. ibid. comment
What was going to go on blew all our minds. ibid.
A lot of these grooming scandals took place in the years leading up to Ellie’s Facebook post. ibid.
This is the worst of accusations you can put to any man. ibid. accused Asian man
The start of this nightmare movie script. ibid. wife of Asian man
I just knew she was up to it again, she was lying. Accused: The Fake Grooming Scandal II, Jordan Trengove, accused by Ellie of rape: viz Miscarriages of Justice
It was shocking the behaviour of people. ibid. wife of accused Asian man
There’s something not right here at all … I ended up with two parallel versions of events. ibid. investigating rozzer
She appears to have been self-harming to a high degree. ibid.
That war raged online. ibid. comment
You can understand why people do things. But this doesn’t make sense. What really happened to her? … There’s got to be a reason. Accused: The Fake Grooming Scandal III ***** psychologist
October 2022: The trial of Ellie WIlliams on charges of Perverting the Course of Justice … ibid. news
Getting to the trial was a relief. I’ve been on trial by social media. ibid. Mo Rammy accused
Why did she feel the need to do that? … It’s unsual. ibid. psychologist
Listening to the lengths she’d gone to. But we didn’t know the half of it. What she’d written, it’s disgusting. ibid. wife of Mo Rammy
Anyone whose skins was a different colour was targeted. ibid. son of Mo Rammy
For a number of years I had all these random strangers giving me abuse every single day. ibid. Faz, Barrow business owner
It’s just you destroyed people’s lives. For what? ibid. Jordan
A total of eight and a half years’ imprisonment. ibid. judge
Social Services had been involved in Ellie’s life up to the age of 8 years. And so looking through all of the court documents and witness statements … What we know with trauma is that if it isn’t not dealt with at the time, it presents again in unhealthy ways … Trauma in her childhood wasn’t actually dealt with … This is her way of working her trama out … She was trying to heal herself. ibid. psychologist
It doesn’t just go back to normal. ibid.
Wait till we find you. And your noncy paki mates. ibid. Hate message to Mo Rammy
In October 2024, Ellie Williams was released after serving four years of her eight-and-a-half year sentence. She has not returned to Barrow-in-Furness. ibid. caption