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By Jennifer Emick, About.com Guide to Alternative Religions since 2002

Revealed: past lies of abuse witness

Saturday October 30, 2004

A WOMAN whose claims of Satanic child sex abuse helped put eight people in the dock had a history of making false allegations, which was known to police, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.

Angela Stretton was the key police witness in the Lewis abuse case which collapsed this summer with charges against all the accused being dropped.

An investigation by this newspaper has revealed that Stretton was convicted of making false allegations of child abuse in 1987, and that Scots police were aware of her track record of false claims before deciding to press charges.

Last night, several of the accused - some of whom are suing for compensation - demanded to know why they were dragged through the courts by social workers and police on the evidence of a discredited witness.

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