A mum is facing jail after telling a ‘wicked pack of lies’ that she had been sexually assaulted by 10 men.
Stacy Sharples bragged to one of her victims she had ‘got away with it, again’ while believing police were not pressing charges against her, a court heard.
However she later admitted to falsely framing the men, none of whom were charged, including fabricating claims she had been attacked and knifed.
Sharples went to the home of her first victim, Kaylum Davies, on Boxing Day 2013, Bolton Crown Court heard.
Despite reports suggesting the mother was quiet and said nothing to Mr Davies, she phoned her brother after leaving his house claiming she was in danger and had been forced to perform a sex act.
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Mr Davies denied all the claims but spent 18 months on bail. He was not charged amid concerns over inconsistencies in Sharples’ story.
Sharples also claimed to have been raped by James Blundell at a hostel in Burnage, south Manchester, the MEN reported.
After spending 17 hours in custody, Mr Blundell was released while an investigation into his conduct lasted for six months.
Sharples claimed her third victim, Astron Inman, had raped her after the two had consensual sex.
The pair had met in 2018 when Sharples added Mr Inman to a Facebook chat and sent him a picture of herself topless, saying she would like to join him for a shower.
After going to his home, she reported to police she had been violently assaulted by her ‘partner’.
Another victim, Andrew Dearden, met Sharples outside a Cash Generator store to help her sell her TV.
Sharples entered the store and phoned police to falsely allege Mr Dearden had raped her the previous night.
On another occasion, the mother met a cleared victim Reece Lockett outside a fish and chip shop, before dialling 999 saying ‘there’s a guy I got done for rape a while ago threatening to kill me’.
When he told her police were investigating her false allegations, she boasted: ‘They’re not pressing charges. I’ve got away with it. Yet again.’
Anthony Green, another victim, was falsely accused by Sharples of having ‘hurt, bitten and strangled’ her.
Sharples declined on several occasions to comply with police investigations, including refusing to be interviewed or undergo a medical examination.
After being arrested, she claimed to have emotionally unstable personality disorder, telling officers: ‘You need to look into my mental health. That’s all I need to say. You’ll never understand, I had a s*** upbringing.’
One of Sharples’ victims said in an impact statement that he had moved to Sweden to ‘reevaluate’ his life and hoped she ‘gets what she deserves’, adding he was ‘sick to my core’.
Another man falsely accused by Sharples said he had considered taking his own life, while another defendant branded her a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’.
Mark Monaghan, prosecuting, said that Sharples’ lies had cost the taxpayer as much as £120,000.
Sharples had faced 19 counts of perverting the course of justice, but only 10 proceeded to court as she had already admitted to a sufficient number to ‘reflect her overall criminality’.
Judge Nicholas Clarke KC, convicting Sharples, said she was a ‘sexual predator’ who had taken up resources that could have been used to pursue genuine criminals.
‘Only belatedly by her pleas has she now acknowledged that it was all a wicked pack of lies’, he said.
Judge Clarke added: ‘I want to make it clear to anybody that reads anything about their names anywhere, that these men’s lives have been blighted by unfortunate allegations which have been made involving some sort of sexual offending, none of which are true at all.’
Defending Sharples, Hunter Gray conceded there was no ‘satisfactory explanation’ for her false allegations, adding that a custodial sentence was inevitable.
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