A former Bromley police officer whose lie that she had been sexually assaulted "snowballed out of control", has had her lenient prison sentence extended.
PC Lauren Evans, 35, reported in March 2023 that she had been subjected to an intimate search after being stopped by an unmarked car on Perry Street, just off the A20 Sidcup Bypass.
A large-scale investigation in search of her attacker saw an innocent man arrested in front of his children, before it was revealed that the traffic stop never took place.
Evans, from Maidstone, was sentenced to one year in prison in March after a jury found her guilty of perverting the course of justice.
Evans' sentence has now been increased to two years in prison after the case was referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme.
She had already been released from prison at the time of the decision, so she was ordered to surrender to Guildford Police Station to be returned.
PC Evans, based at Bromley Police Station, was running late for her shift when she sent messages to senior officers shortly saying: "I’ve just been pulled over!!"
In reality, no stop had taken place, the court heard the lie "snowballed out of control" after she arrived on time but appeared flustered and repeated the account to colleagues.
She went on to give a detailed and emotional statement alleging she had been stopped by a man in an unmarked car who said he was a Kent Police officer, claiming he carried out an intimate search of her body.
The allegation prompted an urgent, large-scale inquiry led by the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards, involving more than 30 detectives and over 1,500 hours of work.
A serving Met officer was identified as a potential suspect as he had been on the A20. He was arrested at his home in front of his wife and two young children.
He was held in custody overnight, interviewed, suspended from duty and later cleared when data showed his vehicle never left the motorway.
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Further CCTV and ANPR analysis proved no stop had occurred.
Evans was arrested and later convicted of perverting the course of justice.
In January this year, a misconduct hearing found that she should be dismissed from the force without notice.
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