ELEANOR Williams is due to speak out on her case for the first time since being jailed for perverting the course of justice.

A Sky News podcast is due to hear from Williams in prison after she was jailed for eight and half years last year.

The six-part Unreliable Witness is due to be released on Monday.

According to an episode synopsis, the series features insights from the 23-year-old's mother and sister, while specialist producer Liz Lane hears from Williams herself in prison.

The series will also feature interviews with police investigators, The Mail and those affected by Williams' allegations. 

Describing the series, the synopsis said: "In season six of StoryCast, Sky News’ Jason Farrell and Liz Lane, who reported on the case at the time, return to Barrow to investigate what could have led her to make these claims and if, underneath it all, there is some other secret buried amongst the lies.

"With access to her family, police investigators and those most impacted by her allegations, we ask: why did Ellie Williams, an otherwise normal young woman, create such an elaborate lie

"And what happened AFTER the trial – once all the media attention died down and new allegations began to emerge?"

Jason Farrell, Sky News Home Affairs Editor, said: “This is one of the most extraordinary cases Liz Lane and I have ever worked on.

"This tale of secrets and lies twists and turns with each new perspective.

"We get out our magnifying glass and try to go beyond the question put to the jury which was, did she lie? We ask why did she lie?”

Williams shocked Barrow when she took to social media in May 2020 to share allegations of being raped, trafficked and beaten by an Asian grooming gang operating in the town and further afield.

As the post gained international attention, it emerged she had already been charged with several counts of perverting the course of justice, accused of falsifying evidence to support false claims.

In a ten-week trial at Preston Crown Court prosecutors described Williams as a 'serial liar', who fabricated evidence and 'manipulated' social relationships to support her allegations.

She was found guilty of all eight counts of doing acts tending and intended to pervert the course of justice by a jury.