Woman jailed for 18 months for faking kidnapping to go back to ex-boyfriend

Sherri Papini (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

A married mother of two has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to a three-week, multi-state search in the US before she resurfaced.

Sherri Papini, 40, from northern California, pleaded guilty last spring under a plea bargain that requires her to pay more than 300,000 dollars (£260,000) in restitution.