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flag A woman sentenced to 28 months for falsely accusing a speaker and businesswoman of crimes online.

flag Samantha Wall, 55, of Cheadle, Stockport, was sentenced to 28 months in prison for a sustained online stalking campaign against motivational speaker Brad Burton and businesswoman Naomi Timperley from 2019 to April 2023. flag She launched a barrage of false and abusive messages across social media, accusing Burton of poisoning her cat, having affairs, and being investigated by police, despite only meeting him briefly in January 2019. flag Wall falsely claimed Burton had a “psychopathic twin brother” and was in prison, and targeted Timperley with baseless allegations, causing severe emotional and reputational harm. flag She pleaded guilty to two counts of stalking and one count of improper use of a public electronic communications network. flag The judge called the abuse egregious, noting its devastating impact on the victims’ lives and careers.

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