False Accusations Antidepressants 08/07/2005 England Woman Accuses 6 Year Old Girl of Crimes
 
 Summary:<br><br><!--StartFragment -->Paragraphs 3 &amp; 4 read: &quot;<font size="2">Exeter Crown Court heard she stole money and even spiked <strong>drinks with anti-depressants at children&#39;s parties and blamed it on the child.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Judge Graham Cottle told her the story of the case &#39;almost defies belief&#39;.&quot; <br /><br /></strong></font>Next to last paragraph reads: &quot;<font size="2">Mr Sean Brunton, prosecuting, said Skinner was <strong>unable to tell police why she had targeted the child.&quot; <br /><br /><br /></strong></font><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/4666151.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/4666151.stm<br /><br /></a>Woman who framed child is jailed <br /><font size="2"><strong>A mother has been jailed for running an 18-month hate campaign against a friend&#39;s six-year-old daughter.</strong> <br /><br />Kathryn Skinner, 40, from Whipton, Exeter, was jailed for three years for deliberately getting her into trouble at home and school. <br /><br />Exeter Crown Court heard she stole money and even spiked drinks with anti-depressants at children&#39;s parties and blamed it on the child. <br /><br />Judge Graham Cottle told her the story of the case &quot;almost defies belief&quot;. <br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Yours were the actions of a warped and twisted mind</strong> <br />Judge Graham Cottle<br /><br />The young victim was left traumatised and bewildered after being punished for offences she had not committed. <br /><br />Skinner even faked letters which appeared to come from the girl which accused her parents of mistreating her and claimed she was being sexually abused. <br /><br />She drew obscene drawings on walls at school which the girl was blamed for and smuggled a note into the school toilets which appeared to have been written by the girl and called her head teacher a bitch <br /><br />She slashed every curtain and 100 different items of clothing in the girl&#39;s home and even sabotaged electrical appliances with knives. <br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>I don&#39;t believe I have previously dealt with any case which matches this for pure wickedness</strong> <br />Judge Graham Cottle<br /><br />Skinner caused ?2,000 worth of damage and then planted razor blades in the victim&#39;s room to ensure she was accused of the vandalism. <br /><br />When she protested her innocence she was branded a liar and she became so confused she ended up admitting things which she was completely innocent of. <br /><br />The girl, now eight, was repeatedly punished at home including a smacking and suspended from school for almost six months. <br /><br />At one point she was smacked and kept her in her room for nine days as punishment after her father&#39;s passport was slashed when he was about to go on holiday. <br /><br />Skinner admitted causing the girl actual bodily harm through the mental torment she suffered. <br /><br />She also admitted stealing ?60 from her mother and ?170 from another woman. <br /><br /><strong>&#39;Twisted mind&#39;</strong> <br /><br />Judge Cottle told her: &quot;The story of this case almost defies belief. Your conduct can only be described as wicked. I don&#39;t believe I have previously dealt with any case which matches this for pure wickedness. <br /><br />&quot;Yours were the actions of a warped and twisted mind. This poor child was repeatedly blamed for your actions and the strain which was put on her and her family was enormous.&quot; <br /><br />Mr Sean Brunton, prosecuting, said Skinner was unable to tell police why she had targeted the child. <br /><br />The defence said that said although Skinner was aware of the consequences of what she was doing, she never intended what had happened to the girl. <br /></font> 
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