THIS is the moment a fantasist staggered onto a chair covered in blood after she hit herself with a hammer in a fake gang rape claim.
Eleanor Williams spun a twisted "pack of lies" that she was raped, trafficked and beaten by several men in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Her claims led to protests in the town and attracted the attention of far-Right groups after she said the men were part of an Asian grooming gang.
Her victims' lives were also made "hell on earth" by the false accusations and they attempted suicide after receiving death threats.
But it later emerged Williams, 23, had made the whole thing up and she was jailed for eight-and-a-half years last March.
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A new BBC3 documentary Liar: The Fake Grooming Scandal has now explored her depraved lies and how police uncovered the truth.
In never-before-seen footage, Williams can be seen lying to police with blood dripping from her mouth.
She can be seen staggering around her home after claiming she has been drugged by the men as a police officer tells her to sit down.
Williams then slumps into a chair and rolls her battered head around while clutching the concerned cop's hand.
She whispers "help" to the officer as blood continues to drip down her bruised chin.
Williams also has bruises covering her face and body where she claimed she was attacked by the "gang rapists".
Shockingly, she beat herself with a hammer to add weight to her sick lies.
Williams claimed she had been drugged and raped by a man in Preston who forced her to have sex with two Asian men.
She then said after returning to Barrow, she was picked up by two other Asian men, who also attacked and raped her.
But police managed to obtain CCTV that actually shows Williams travelling alone to Preston where she meets a man on the street and asks for a lighter.
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Growing suspicious of her claims, officers believe she actually groomed him to make him a part of her warped story.
The serial fantasist was even spotted getting picked up by her brother's girlfriend in Barrow, not the Asian gang-rapers she claimed had collected her.
Williams accused the three men and others of attacking her in a Facebook post in May 2020 - sparking an "unprecedented outcry".
She claimed she had been groomed from the age of 12 and forced to attend sex parties across the North of England and Ibiza.
Williams even said she had been sold as a slave at an auction in Amsterdam while on holiday with her sister as part of the extraordinary tale.
Her claims led to widespread outrage in Barrow and more than £20,000 was raised for a "Justice for Ellie" campaign.
There were also 151 extra crimes in the town following the social media post - including 83 hate crimes.
Far-Right group Patriotic Alternative, and Tommy Robinson, former leader of the English Defence League, were among those attending protests.
The claims also led to misery for those Williams had accused as they were shunned by family members and friends.
Business owner Mohammed Ramzan, who was one of the men Williams claimed attacked her, tried to take his own life two weeks after his arrest.
Jordan Trengove had the word "rapist" spray-painted on his house and his windows were smashed as a result of Williams' claims.
He spent 73 days in prison and was forced to share a cell with a convicted sex offender after he was charged.
While Oliver Gardner was sectioned under the Mental Health Act after he also attempted suicide.
He had only met Williams during a chance encounter outside Preston Station when she asked him for a lighter.
She later claimed he raped her and sold her to a grooming gang in the town.
Williams also claimed Cameron Bibby had drugged and raped her when she was 16 at a house party in 2017.
He was forced to endure his own neighbours displaying "Justice for Ellie" stickers in their windows when actually he had called her mum to collect her as she was so drunk.
Cumbria Police investigated Williams' claims but found no evidence to support them.
Her lies began to unravel when officers noticed she was never in the places she had claimed she was when she was allegedly attacked.
Williams had claimed Mohammed took her to Blackpool where she was made to have sex with multiple men.
But on that date, she was seen on CCTV buying a Pot Noodle from a corner shop before checking into the Savoy Hotel in the seaside town.
While there, she watched BBC iPlayer and YouTube on her phone in her £58 room.
In a last-ditch attempt to paint herself as a victim, she shared the grooming post on Facebook saying she wanted to tell "her story".
It was shared more than 100,000 times and received support from Maggie Oliver, who was instrumental in uncovering the Rochdale grooming scandal, and TV presenter Rachel Riley.
She also made up names for "traffickers" that did not exist and sent messages from them to herself using a safety phone provided to her by a women's charity.
Williams even dragged other women into her web of lies, who later revealed they were not involved at all.
When asked why she injured herself with the claw hammer, which she bought in Tesco just days before sharing the post, she claimed: "I wouldn’t buy a hammer to hurt myself, I’m not a psychopath.”
But police later seized eight hammers from her home and mobile phones that helped expose her horrific lies.
Williams was convicted of nine counts of perverting the course of justice following a trial.
Det Con John Robinson says in the documentary: "It's hard to understand why somebody would go to those lengths and what the motivation would be - other than a desperation to be believed."
- Liar: The Fake Grooming Scandal airs at 9pm on Wednesday 17th January on BBC Three
