A woman was yesterday charged with falsely accusing her estranged husband of raping her over two years ago.

The 30-year-old woman was charged with filing the false police report and simulating an offence on November 14, 2004.

Magistrate Antonio Mizzi yesterday heard the woman's husband explain that on the day in question he had had consensual sex with his wife, even though at the time they were going through marital problems. That same day, he said, she went to the police and filed a report claiming he had raped her.

The name of the woman and her husband are not being published by court order.

Police Inspector Johann Fenech prosecuted.

Lawyer Franco Debono was defence counsel.

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