A WOMAN has been handed a jail sentence for lying to police about her name.

Chloe Williams, 29, was found guilty of perverting the course of public justice after telling police on June 17, 2020 that her name was Chloe Tomlin.

She received a 10-month prison sentence suspended for 24 months at Reading Crown Court on Friday (April 28).

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Williams, of Dickson Glade, Newbury, was also ordered to complete 12 months of mental health requirement and 15 days of rehabilitation activity requirement.

She was also ordered to pay £300 of prosecution costs. She was also fined £500 for breach of a previous suspended sentence.