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Mother who falsely accused 10 men of raping her has jail term increased
The court said 264 hours of police time and about £50,000 were wasted in months-long investigations into her false rape claims.
- On Wednesday, Court of Appeal judges increased Stacey Sharples' prison sentence to seven years, ruling her original four-and-a-half-year term was 'unduly lenient' after she falsely accused 10 men of rape.
- Sharples met 10 men from Greater Manchester on social media between 2013 and 2019, with the judge describing her as a 'sexual predator' who 'bombarded' them with love before reporting them for rape.
- False reports caused victims to lose jobs, relationships, and custody time, while investigations wasted around £50,000 and 264 hours of police time, the court heard.
- Julia Faure Walker, representing the Attorney General, argued the original sentence failed to reflect the 'serious distress or impact,' while defense counsel Hunter Gray said Sharples 'accepts responsibility.'
- Lord Justice Popplewell noted false rape allegations undermine real victims and have a serious effect 'on the minds of the public who may be called as jurors, which may cause doubts in the mind where none should exist.
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