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Police officer who invented web of lies about boyfriend abusing her escapes jail

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A "jealous" and "resentful" police officer who invented a "web of lies" about her former-sergeant boyfriend abusing her has been spared prison.

PC Amanda Aston, 44, reported Matthew Taylor for controlling and coercive behaviour after their eight-month relationship broke down in 2017.Mr Taylor was charged with domestic abuse and imprisoned in March 2018 for two months after Aston "encouraged" him to get back with her - and then reported him for breaching bail conditions forbidding him from making contact.

He lost his job at Surrey Police where he had worked with the mother-of-one..She also made a false application for a £5,000 grant from the Police Welfare Fund by claiming she was forced to move home because Mr Taylor harassed her after she broke up with him.

Charges against Mr Taylor were dropped after messages between them showed Aston had "misled" investigators with a "melodramatic" story about their relationship.Aston was found guilty at a trial in March of two counts of perverting the course of justice and another of fraud by false representation.

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