一名妇女因在网上错误指控一名演讲人和女商人犯罪而被判处28个月徒刑。 A woman sentenced to 28 months for falsely accusing a speaker and businesswoman of crimes online.

Samantha Wall, 55岁,来自Stockport的Cheadle, 被判处28个月监禁, 罪名是2019年至2023年4月 持续进行网上跟踪活动, 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. 尽管她于2019年1月只与Burton短暂会面,但她在整个社交媒体上发表了一连串虚假和虐待性的信息,指控Burton毒死她的猫、有事情发生,并受到警方的调查。 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. 胡言乱语地声称伯顿有一个“精神病双胞胎兄弟”,并被关押在狱中,并以毫无根据的指控针对Timperley,造成严重的感情和名誉伤害。 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. 她对两项跟踪罪和一项不当使用公共电子通信网络罪表示认罪。 She pleaded guilty to two counts of stalking and one count of improper use of a public electronic communications network. 法官将虐待称为骇人听闻的暴行,指出这对受害者的生活和事业造成了毁灭性影响。 The judge called the abuse egregious, noting its devastating impact on the victims’ lives and careers.