A woman's prison sentence was increased by two-and-a-half years after the Court of Appeal ruled her original sentence was "unduly lenient." Stacey Sharples, 31, from Farnworth in Bolton, admitted to 10 counts of perverting the course of justice after making false rape allegations against 10 men. Her original sentence of four-and-a-half years was increased to seven years. The case was referred to the Court of Appeal by the Attorney General, and the ruling was made on Wednesday. During the hearing, the court was told that around 264 hours of police time and approximately £50,000 were wasted during months-long investigations into the allegations. Sharples met the men from Greater Manchester through Facebook and dating apps like Plenty of Fish and Badoo between 2013 and 2019, when she was between 18 and 24 years old. She made her allegations in lengthy video-recorded interviews, but police found many inconsistencies in her accounts. Sharples appeared at the London court via video link from HMP Styal in Cheshire. The judges, including Lord Justice Popplewell, described the allegations as involving "extremely serious conduct," including rape and, in some cases, multiple rapes with serious violence and threats. They noted that if the victims had been convicted, their sentences would have been "very lengthy indeed." The court emphasized that false rape allegations can undermine real victims and affect public perception of such cases. Sharples reportedly "lured" one victim to a shop so he could be arrested in public and told another, "watch what happens now" after he refused her advances. She also told one victim, "They’re not pressing charges, I’ve got away with it yet again." Julia Faure Walker, representing the Attorney General, said the original sentence had not been severe enough to reflect the number of victims. She stated that the case involved "serious distress or impact" as the vast majority of the men were arrested, spent time in custody, and remained under investigation for months. Hunter Gray, representing Sharples, said the original sentence had been reduced due to her mental health and lack of intellectual capacity, which the judge decided constituted a learning disability. He said Sharples "accepts responsibility" but "still struggles to understand why she did what she did." During the original sentencing, the judge described Sharples as a "sexual predator" who sought out "sexual encounters with males with whom you have had no real relationships." The judge said she then "bombarded" the men with "out of proportion" expressions of love and, if they did not respond, reported them for rape. Sharples had consensual sex with five of the men, including one in the homeless hostel where she was living, before she accused them of rape. The first of her alleged offenses began when she was 18 and told her father that a 16-year-old boy had threatened her with a knife and forced her to perform oral sex. Sharples, who falsely claimed one victim was her boyfriend, told a psychiatrist she did not know why she stopped her offending but said it coincided with the Covid pandemic and her meeting her current partner in 2022.