A man wrongly accused of the violent rape of his ex-partner during a break-in was extremely upset by the allegations, a court has heard.
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The woman who made the allegations - who can't be named for legal reasons - accepted they were false during an appearance in the Wodonga Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
She had made numerous false complaints about the man, which led to her facing a charge of making a false report.
She told a colleague at Uncle Toby's in Wahgunyah on December 21 last year she had been sexually assaulted.
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She told a detective the man had grabbed a baseball bat from her after cutting power to her home, held it to her throat, struck her and raped her while holding a gun to her head.
But when asked to undergo a forensic examination, the woman ran off and hid.
The victim's car was searched later that day, but the gun wasn't found.
The court heard the man had been "extremely upset and cooperated fully with police" during a later interview.
Police took photos of the woman three days later, but found no injuries.
Further enquiries showed other inconsistencies in her story.
She claimed to have gone into Albury hospital, but there were no records of her attendance.
Police showed staff a photograph of the woman but nobody recognised her.
She claimed her nephew was present during the attack, which proved a lie, and she was charged with making a false report.
The court heard she had serious mental health issues, but magistrate Peter Dunn noted the seriousness of the allegations made against the victim.
She was placed on a community corrections order.
