4.5 years is pathetic. She’ll be out in less than 2 years. First false allegation was in 2013 so it’s taken that poor man 13 years to get real justice.
She should be sentenced to what the total sentence for the men she falsely accused would have been.
pu55yobsessed on
I hope the men involved have been/are able to rebuild their lives. A friend of mine was falsely accused of this last year and he pretends like he’s okay but you can tell it’s been eating him up inside.
Mr_Coastliner on
Reading what impact it had on a lot of those mens relationships, jobs and mental health really goes to show how serious it is when someone falsely accuses a man of it, regardless of outcome it seems. You would think that the police would’ve looked in to it a bit sooner after 5 occasions for example as I’d imagine it would be extremely rare for that to happen to one person. Can’t help the cause of genuine accusations either.
SinisterPixel on
The lives of all these men ruined, and even if they’ve now been cleared of all charges, the relationships aren’t as easily rebuilt. Their families, partners, everyone, will constantly have doubts, and even if they take them back will likely be more distant than before.
Then there’s the other angle. False accusations make it harder for women who have actually been the victim of rape to step forward and be believed.
Imo 4 and a half years is getting off easy
lordnacho666 on
What exactly do you do if you lost your job and then the accuser is found guilty?
That job could be worth a huge amount of money.
shak_0508 on
Absolute scumbag. Hope she rots. These lads had their lives ruined and she gets a measly 4 and a half years.
> They added that a number of the men lost their jobs or partners, were disowned by family and friends, or saw declines in their mental health after being falsely branded a rapist.
I also hate the whole social aspect of guilty before proven inicent.
Donice09 on
Good, what a nasty woman! Hope the poor guys can rebuild their lives after this it won’t be easy. False allegation should be taken more seriously, and now thanks to this pathetic woman real rape victims will be questioned as their authenticity.
GhostRiders on
This is going to not very popular but I sincerely hope she gets help obviously needs whilst in Prison because to accuse this many men of rape she is definitely mental unstable.
Yes of course before anybody says anything I hope the men she accused are able to rebuild their lives but she if doesn’t get any help she will most likely do the same again when she is released and will just destroy even more lives.
jeremyyaiden on
Why would you lie about something like this? Especially when so many actual victims of rape struggle to be believed and get justice.
Alert_Ad_5750 on
Disgusting, to lie about such things when they’re not true and actively seek out to destroy every aspect of an innocent persons life is reprehensible.
This is good, this woman has actually been jailed and puts out a message to anyone even considering making these type of things up. Lying about rape should always result in jail time, the same jail time that said ‘rapist’ would have received ideally.
What about the men though, lost jobs and lost trust from friends and family. Even though they’re cleared they are still painted with that brush. She should have to pay damages to them too, with whatever she’s got, jut something should be given back to them.
foleyshit on
Whilst this is horrendous for the victims involved, I want to make sure cases like these don’t get hijacked and weaponised against woman. Statistically men are 230 times more likely to be raped than falsely accused of rape. It does happen but it’s far less common than you think. Men are still overwhelmingly the issue when it comes to sexual assault and that only feeds the credibility of people like this.
daznccc on
That’s a shit house of a sentence. Should’ve been double that at least!!!
Astriania on
This should get the same sentence as 10 counts of rape.
Vannifucci on
Criminal lawyer here, specialising in defending those accused of sexual offences. False accusations destroy lives utterly and undermine the many genuine ones. 4 and a half years is entirely insufficient.
NintendoGamer1983 on
Not long enough.
She should get put away for at least how long the guys would have been done for.
Daaftpuunk on
I hope that mans parents feel guilty as fuck for disowning him after the accusation.
Lanfeix on
These are the victim impact statements read in court today. The quotes alone tell you everything.
**Andrew Dearden:** “Although I was released with no further action for the allegations, sometimes I start to think about them, and my depression starts to get worse. **I then start thinking about how much easier life would be if I wasn’t here anymore**. Incidents like what I have just described have happened to me more than once, they have a detrimental effect on my life and cause me to not look after myself.”
**Anonymous (the last man she accused):** “Immediately prior to my arrest, I would say my life was the best it had ever been. I had been with my partner for ten years. I had a good job, and I had a nice house. **Soon after, due to circumstances out of my control, I became homeless. I began misusing alcohol, when I did have a drink, I would drink until I was black out drunk to drown things out.** I would stay out until 5 in the morning, acting like an idiot and getting into fights. If I’m honest with myself, I’m still struggling with that now. Before my arrest, none of this was a problem. I was never like this.”
**Reece Lockett:** “My life was turned upside down the day I was falsely accused of rape. **My mum and dad disowned me. My partner of five years left me. I lost my part-time job.** I was constantly stressed and anxious. I was scared to walk around my own area because I felt labelled. People messaged me on Facebook accusing me of something I didn’t do, and that made me feel isolated and ashamed, even though I knew the truth.”
**Connor Austen:** “When this came out I had no opportunity to explain to my partner at the time about the false accusations. **I lost my home, my partner and had to defend myself for something I never did. I lost my job and couldn’t get another one.** It affects me still now in future relationships thinking ‘can I trust them’ or ‘am I gonna be accused again’. She ruined seven years of my life.”
**Astron Inman:** “Words can’t describe the torment my head has gone through. I moved to Sweden not long after to re-evaluate my life and **wasn’t a part of my children’s lives for a couple of years.** My love life had dramatically fallen, I have been single ever since and I find it hard how to approach the opposite sex.”
**Andrew Jackson:** “Due to the allegations made in this investigation, **I wasn’t allowed to see my daughter throughout the course of this.** I have missed out on key milestones and everyday moments. Being a parent is central to my identity and separation from my daughter felt like losing a part of myself.”
**Jack Byrne:** “As a result of the allegation, **I was signed off work due to stress and anxiety**. I was unable to function normally and struggled with constant worry about my future, my reputation, and the possibility of losing everything I had built. I felt depressed, isolated, and **ashamed, even though I knew I was innocent**.”
**Anonymous:**Â “The arrest was difficult to process and as my family were present at the time and this made it very difficult to explain the situation. This really strained relationships with family and friends and to this day still has an impact on my relationship with them**. At the time my ex-partner also prevented me from seeing my child for the duration of the investigation.”**
**Kaylum Davis:**Â “**Some of my friends fell out with me over this accusation**. I still think about this to this day. Now it’s all out in the open and her lies have caught up with her, it’s made me speak about it more as it’s easier to explain to people due to all the other individuals on this case who were also wrongly accused.”
Those are nine of the ten men. The tenth gave no statement. And these are only the ones we know about.
A few things worth noting:
10 convictions. 9 more accusations that were investigated but never resolved. She operated for six years and during the investigation told one of her victims directly “they’re not pressing charges, I’ve got away with it yet again.” We do not know the real total. At least 19 is the floor.
None of these men were ever charged. They still lost jobs, homes, partners, children and their mental health before any of that. The presumption of innocence did not protect a single one of them.
The GMP press release published today ends with links encouraging rape reporting. There is not one link to support for the falsely accused. Not one. Those services barely exist in this country.
Most outlets reporting this today are not clearly and loudly stating these men are innocent and victims. They deserve that said as plainly and publicly as they were accused.
Sharples will likely serve two years. These men are still living with this.
**We are supposed to have innocent until proven guilty in this country. These men were never charged, never tried, never convicted. Yet every single one of them was punished. Where are their human rights?**
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4.5 years is pathetic. She’ll be out in less than 2 years. First false allegation was in 2013 so it’s taken that poor man 13 years to get real justice.
She should be sentenced to what the total sentence for the men she falsely accused would have been.
I hope the men involved have been/are able to rebuild their lives. A friend of mine was falsely accused of this last year and he pretends like he’s okay but you can tell it’s been eating him up inside.
Reading what impact it had on a lot of those mens relationships, jobs and mental health really goes to show how serious it is when someone falsely accuses a man of it, regardless of outcome it seems. You would think that the police would’ve looked in to it a bit sooner after 5 occasions for example as I’d imagine it would be extremely rare for that to happen to one person. Can’t help the cause of genuine accusations either.
The lives of all these men ruined, and even if they’ve now been cleared of all charges, the relationships aren’t as easily rebuilt. Their families, partners, everyone, will constantly have doubts, and even if they take them back will likely be more distant than before.
Then there’s the other angle. False accusations make it harder for women who have actually been the victim of rape to step forward and be believed.
Imo 4 and a half years is getting off easy
What exactly do you do if you lost your job and then the accuser is found guilty?
That job could be worth a huge amount of money.
Absolute scumbag. Hope she rots. These lads had their lives ruined and she gets a measly 4 and a half years.
> They added that a number of the men lost their jobs or partners, were disowned by family and friends, or saw declines in their mental health after being falsely branded a rapist.
I also hate the whole social aspect of guilty before proven inicent.
Good, what a nasty woman! Hope the poor guys can rebuild their lives after this it won’t be easy. False allegation should be taken more seriously, and now thanks to this pathetic woman real rape victims will be questioned as their authenticity.
This is going to not very popular but I sincerely hope she gets help obviously needs whilst in Prison because to accuse this many men of rape she is definitely mental unstable.
Yes of course before anybody says anything I hope the men she accused are able to rebuild their lives but she if doesn’t get any help she will most likely do the same again when she is released and will just destroy even more lives.
Why would you lie about something like this? Especially when so many actual victims of rape struggle to be believed and get justice.
Disgusting, to lie about such things when they’re not true and actively seek out to destroy every aspect of an innocent persons life is reprehensible.
This is good, this woman has actually been jailed and puts out a message to anyone even considering making these type of things up. Lying about rape should always result in jail time, the same jail time that said ‘rapist’ would have received ideally.
What about the men though, lost jobs and lost trust from friends and family. Even though they’re cleared they are still painted with that brush. She should have to pay damages to them too, with whatever she’s got, jut something should be given back to them.
Whilst this is horrendous for the victims involved, I want to make sure cases like these don’t get hijacked and weaponised against woman. Statistically men are 230 times more likely to be raped than falsely accused of rape. It does happen but it’s far less common than you think. Men are still overwhelmingly the issue when it comes to sexual assault and that only feeds the credibility of people like this.
That’s a shit house of a sentence. Should’ve been double that at least!!!
This should get the same sentence as 10 counts of rape.
Criminal lawyer here, specialising in defending those accused of sexual offences. False accusations destroy lives utterly and undermine the many genuine ones. 4 and a half years is entirely insufficient.
Not long enough.
She should get put away for at least how long the guys would have been done for.
I hope that mans parents feel guilty as fuck for disowning him after the accusation.
These are the victim impact statements read in court today. The quotes alone tell you everything.
**Andrew Dearden:** “Although I was released with no further action for the allegations, sometimes I start to think about them, and my depression starts to get worse. **I then start thinking about how much easier life would be if I wasn’t here anymore**. Incidents like what I have just described have happened to me more than once, they have a detrimental effect on my life and cause me to not look after myself.”
**Anonymous (the last man she accused):** “Immediately prior to my arrest, I would say my life was the best it had ever been. I had been with my partner for ten years. I had a good job, and I had a nice house. **Soon after, due to circumstances out of my control, I became homeless. I began misusing alcohol, when I did have a drink, I would drink until I was black out drunk to drown things out.** I would stay out until 5 in the morning, acting like an idiot and getting into fights. If I’m honest with myself, I’m still struggling with that now. Before my arrest, none of this was a problem. I was never like this.”
**Reece Lockett:** “My life was turned upside down the day I was falsely accused of rape. **My mum and dad disowned me. My partner of five years left me. I lost my part-time job.** I was constantly stressed and anxious. I was scared to walk around my own area because I felt labelled. People messaged me on Facebook accusing me of something I didn’t do, and that made me feel isolated and ashamed, even though I knew the truth.”
**Connor Austen:** “When this came out I had no opportunity to explain to my partner at the time about the false accusations. **I lost my home, my partner and had to defend myself for something I never did. I lost my job and couldn’t get another one.** It affects me still now in future relationships thinking ‘can I trust them’ or ‘am I gonna be accused again’. She ruined seven years of my life.”
**Astron Inman:** “Words can’t describe the torment my head has gone through. I moved to Sweden not long after to re-evaluate my life and **wasn’t a part of my children’s lives for a couple of years.** My love life had dramatically fallen, I have been single ever since and I find it hard how to approach the opposite sex.”
**Andrew Jackson:** “Due to the allegations made in this investigation, **I wasn’t allowed to see my daughter throughout the course of this.** I have missed out on key milestones and everyday moments. Being a parent is central to my identity and separation from my daughter felt like losing a part of myself.”
**Jack Byrne:** “As a result of the allegation, **I was signed off work due to stress and anxiety**. I was unable to function normally and struggled with constant worry about my future, my reputation, and the possibility of losing everything I had built. I felt depressed, isolated, and **ashamed, even though I knew I was innocent**.”
**Anonymous:**Â “The arrest was difficult to process and as my family were present at the time and this made it very difficult to explain the situation. This really strained relationships with family and friends and to this day still has an impact on my relationship with them**. At the time my ex-partner also prevented me from seeing my child for the duration of the investigation.”**
**Kaylum Davis:**Â “**Some of my friends fell out with me over this accusation**. I still think about this to this day. Now it’s all out in the open and her lies have caught up with her, it’s made me speak about it more as it’s easier to explain to people due to all the other individuals on this case who were also wrongly accused.”
Those are nine of the ten men. The tenth gave no statement. And these are only the ones we know about.
A few things worth noting:
10 convictions. 9 more accusations that were investigated but never resolved. She operated for six years and during the investigation told one of her victims directly “they’re not pressing charges, I’ve got away with it yet again.” We do not know the real total. At least 19 is the floor.
None of these men were ever charged. They still lost jobs, homes, partners, children and their mental health before any of that. The presumption of innocence did not protect a single one of them.
The GMP press release published today ends with links encouraging rape reporting. There is not one link to support for the falsely accused. Not one. Those services barely exist in this country.
Most outlets reporting this today are not clearly and loudly stating these men are innocent and victims. They deserve that said as plainly and publicly as they were accused.
Sharples will likely serve two years. These men are still living with this.
**We are supposed to have innocent until proven guilty in this country. These men were never charged, never tried, never convicted. Yet every single one of them was punished. Where are their human rights?**