Builder spared jail over bogus attack claim

A builder who beat himself up so he could falsely accuse a rival of hitting him in the testicles and punching him in the face has escaped jail. Matthew Boone, 48, dialled 999 after having a row with Bradley Siffleet, telling police he had been viciously assaulted outside his home in Ashford, Middlesex. He told officers Mr Siffleet had followed him into his driveway, and repeatedly punched his head, kicked him in the genitals and clobbered him with a lead…