Facebook messages, a court has heard. Craig Shackleton’s relatives showed them to police and falsely claimed they were from the victim saying she had made up the allegations.He insisted he was innocent after being arrested for raping the 12-year-old girl, ChronicleLive reports.But Shackleton, 29, of Newcastle, was jailed for 12 years after being convicted of three counts of rape of a child.His mum Janet Burton, 56, and sister Samantha Shackleton, 18, also of Newcastle, tried to help undermine the victim’s credibility, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Police were told the Shackleton family had Facebook messages from the victim in which she appeared to admit she had lied about the allegations - even though she had not.
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