Overview
- Samantha Wall, 55, targeted motivational speaker Brad Burton and businesswoman Naomi Timperley with years of defamatory posts across LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram.
- Prosecutors said Wall’s false claims inflicted severe professional and personal harm, with Burton reporting lost revenue and his company’s collapse into insolvency.
- Wall admitted two counts of stalking and one count of improper use of a public electronic communications network covering activity from January 2019 to April/July 2023.
- She was arrested in September 2022, denied wrongdoing, and resumed postings once bail expired, including fabrications about Burton being jailed and having a ‘psychopathic twin’.
- Greater Manchester Police welcomed the sentence and urged victims of online or physical stalking to report abuse, noting the significant toll on mental health and daily life.