Dearden added: “How could the police let it get to so many people?
“It has been mentally and physically draining.
“Long term for me, it will affect me for the rest of my life.”
Other victims had said Sharples had ruined their lives with her lies.
Reece Lockett, said his life had been “turned upside down” and he had lost his parents, his partner and his job because of it.
He said that he was scared to walk around his own area because he felt “labelled”.
Connor Austen, said Sharples had “ruined seven years of my life”.
“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.”