Melbourne woman who impersonated Lincoln Lewis receives longer sentence for stalking as appeal fails

Lydia Abdelmalek pretended to be the Home and Away star and used other aliases to attract victims online

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A Melbourne woman who impersonated soap stars to attract victims online before stalking and harassing them has been sentenced to more time behind bars after losing an appeal.

Lydia Abdelmalek appeared in Melbourne's county court on Tuesday, where she was re-sentenced to four years in prison following a lengthy appeal of her 2019 sentence.

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