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Aldridge's solicitor Ian Bond portrayed his client as a vulnerable and troubled woman.
He said: 'She takes full responsibility for this offence, fully understands the seriousness of it and is remorseful. 'She understands how her behaviour has impacted on her victims and is sickened. 'She did snuff out the allegations the next day when she went to the police to say that she had done something terrible.'
Mr Bond described the rape claims as an 'isolated incident' and 'not part of any pattern of behaviour'.
He told magistrates that Aldridge, who has one previous conviction for being drunk and disorderly, was not a regular drinker and had drunk too much at the party on the night she made the claims.
Mr Bond added: 'She had consensual sex with a man she had never met before, there was then a dispute which led to her being shoved out of the front door.
'She was feeling pretty wretched at this point, having just had sex with a stranger and being kicked out.
'She was sitting on a wall when a passer-by came past and she blurted out that she had been raped. It led to two men going through an unpleasant ordeal.
'But she did have the courage to go to the police and say "stop, this is wrong" and understands the pain, suffering and indignity these men suffered.'
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Married? I guess her husband was home watching the four kids while she was out getting drunk and banging a stranger...
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