Jordan Trengove faced trial after being accused by Eleanor Williams after a night out in 2019
in 2019 he had no idea that accepting her invitation would not just land him in jail but make him the enemy of a global anti-grooming movement with its own line of merchandise.
Weeks passed and one day Trengove was asleep in bed when police arrived to arrest him on suspicion of raping, drugging and assaulting Williams. He protested his innocence and cooperated with police, handing over his phone and submitting to an intimate body check so that officers could look for signs of the violent struggle Williams had described. “There was no bruising, no markings,” says Trengove now. But the damage was done.
Trengove at home with his son Louie. He said he struggled to bond with his son as Williams’s trial kept getting postponed.Trengove spent his 19th birthday in prison, serving 10 weeks on remand before police realised the evidence against him didn’t stack up.
She didn’t name Trengove, but his name soon became linked with the case, regardless of his skin colour, as more than 100,000 people joined the Justice For Ellie Facebook page and bought elephant-themed wristbands, keyrings and bumper stickers to express solidarity. A rally was organised where convoys of cars drove from Barrow to the town where Trengove now lives, flying Justice for Ellie banners. He tried to tell protesters the truth but no one would listen.
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