Daniel Jones, an Australian prison guard, had dated Sarah Jane Parkinson, an airline employee, since 2011.
[citation needed] During this time, despite the couple's closeness and Parkinson moving into Jones's house, Parkinson switched jobs and was hired on at a local police station for clerical work, where she met Constable Scott John White and began dating him behind Jones's back.
It was later revealed that Parkinson had made claims of being raped in the past, implicating an unnamed Turkish diplomat who had allegedly assaulted her, although there is no evidence of this incident ever taking place.
[1] The visual injuries, coupled with Parkinson's allegations, led to increased suspicion towards Jones and his extended family.
According to Parkinson, Jones had pinned her down, hit her head against a retaining wall in their house, unwrapped a condom and proceeded to rape her before fleeing the scene.
Jones maintained his innocence, while his parents attempted to get him released, remortgaging their own property and spending roughly $300,000 in legal fees and other efforts to free their son.
[9] After Daniel Jones's innocence was established, Parkinson was arrested, charged with filing a false report of a punishable crime, and was found guilty in 2015.
Scott John White was later charged with perjury after being implicated as an aid to Parkinson's false accusations and staged rape.