WOMAN'S CONSTANT COMPULSIVE LIES ABOUT EX-BOYFRIEND ALMOST GOT HIM SHOT BY POLICE
A woman with malicious intent spread numerous falsehoods about her completely blameless ex-partner, leading him to feel so hopeless that he wished police would shoot him.This Yorkshire man was detained twice, enduring the frightening experience of armed police and a helicopter arriving at his residence early in the morning, all caused by her fabrications.
Kirsty Barr, characterized as a compulsive liar, falsely accused him of assault, claiming he had threatened her with a knife and firearm, according to Hull Live.
Her lies resulted in him being imprisoned for 56 days, with the risk that he might have been shot by police if he had reacted wrongly to the armed response, a court was told.
He fought a five-year battle before Barr’s malicious falsehoods were proven false.
Barr, aged 24, later admitted to perverting the course of justice between June and December 2018.
The court heard that Barr and a 26-year-old man had been together from February 2015 until December 2017.
The man was fined £200 and received a restraining order on June 5, 2018, after admitting to assaulting Barr in February of that year.
The couple had a daughter, but in February 2018, Barr left the child on her ex’s mother’s doorstep at 2:30 a.m., then drove away before sending a text message claiming the child was still there.
This incident prompted social services involvement and strained relations, as explained by prosecutor Richard Woolfall.
Barr then demanded her ex contact social services and reverse the allegation, threatening to ruin both their lives if he did not comply.
Her repeated calls, texts, and attempts to contact him via FaceTime were ignored.
Fearing she might accuse him of violating the restraining order, he contacted police.
Barr falsely alleged on June 6, 2018, that he sent threatening texts and threw stones at her window, even tampering with screenshots to support her story.
She was arrested at midnight for breaching the order.
He was held overnight and brought before Hull Magistrates’ Court, where District Judge Frederick Rutherford remanded him for 56 days.
During the court case, he was convicted of breaching the restraining order but was released afterward.
Barr was found to have lied under oath during the trial.
His contact with his daughter was severely affected by the accusations, as he was portrayed as violent.
Barr also posed as a police officer online to contact his grandmother.
To protect himself, he went to Southampton for five weeks.
Upon returning, he posted selfies online to prove his location, but further issues arose on December 1, 2018, when Barr claimed he had attacked her with a knife and gun, causing injuries.
She alleged he had forced her onto the floor, causing friction burns, and that he had brandished a gun and pushed it into her forehead.
When he was running a bath, police arrived after tracking a helicopter.
Armed officers pointed guns at him as he exited the house around 2 a.m., instructing him to kneel to avoid lethal force.
This police response was taken very seriously, as the man was in a vulnerable state and even asked the officers to shoot him because he saw no way out.
His 11-year-old brother was deeply upset by the events.
He was briefly remanded for possessing a knife but was released after three days and considered self-harm.
He returned to Southampton, where police confirmed his innocence and established he had an alibi, leading to the case’s dismissal.
The injuries Barr sustained were believed to be self-inflicted, and she submitted a false 12-page statement about the alleged incident involving her child.
An appeal in January 2020 upheld her original conviction being quashed at Hull Crown Court.
The prosecution decided not to oppose the appeal.
Barr’s false allegations had been widely reported, portraying her ex as a villain, Woolfall mentioned.
