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Woman who falsely accused 10 men of raping her jailed

Stacey Sharples pleaded guilty to fabricating rape allegations against 10 men, causing arrests, job losses, and trauma, and was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison.

  • Stacey Sharples, 31, from Farnworth was jailed for four-and-a-half years at Bolton Crown Court after pleading guilty to ten counts of perverting the course of justice.
  • Between 2013 and 2019, those false reports unfolded across Greater Manchester, with most of the men falsely accused arrested and some subjected to invasive examinations, Greater Manchester Police said.
  • Making 999 calls and sending texts, Sharples used Plenty of Fish and Facebook to report assaults, leading to arrests and bail for James Blundell, Anthony Green, Astron Inman, and Kaylum Davies.
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theboltonnews.co.uk broke the news in on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
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