A court in the United Kingdom has sentenced a 31-year-old woman to four and a half years in prison after she admitted to falsely accusing multiple men of rape.
The woman, Stacey Sharples, from Farnworth in Bolton, pleaded guilty at Bolton Crown Court to 10 counts of perverting the course of justice.
According to authorities, Sharples falsely accused 10 men she met through dating apps of rape. Her allegations led to several police investigations, arrests, and forensic examinations before officers later discovered the claims were fabricated.
The investigations reportedly cost taxpayers about £120,000. None of the men accused in the case were eventually charged after the allegations were proven to be false.