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Give us a helpful clue
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 11:11 pm
by Gob
A woman who claimed to insurers that she could barely walk but was seen bungee jumping on Channel 4's Coach Trip has admitted fraud.
Noreen Murray tried to claim almost £19,000 in 2014 for a work-related back injury, insurers Aviva said.
Murray, of Salford, said it left her only able to stand for a short time, but she joined the TV show and took part in a bungee jump within a month.
The 31-year-old admitted fraud at Manchester Crown Court.
She pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation and was given a 10-month jail sentence, suspended for two years.
Murray, of Nile Avenue, claimed she had been injured while moving laundry bags on 19 October 2013, saying she was bedbound for two days, an Aviva spokesman said. As a result of the injury, she said she could only stand or walk for a maximum of 30 minutes.
However, the spokesman said there was no report of an injury either on the day in her employer's log or in subsequent emails with her then-employer.
Richard Hiscocks, Aviva's director of casualty claims, said the investigation was under way before her appearance on Coach Trip was shown, but added it was "pretty rare" for a fraudulent claimant to go "out of their way to help us by bungee jumping on national TV"
Re: Give us a helpful clue
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 11:24 pm
by Long Run
Sentence suspended for women suspended in air with great suspense after employment suspended by suspension of disbelief, causing suspension of benefits.
Re: Give us a helpful clue
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 12:49 am
by dales
At least she wasn't carrying a baby on her back.
eta: that's rock climbing, sorry.
Re: Give us a helpful clue
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 9:23 pm
by MGMcAnick
How many chiropractors does it take to screw in a light bulb? Only one, but it takes a dozen visits.
Obviously she went bungee jumping in an effort to align her spine without going to a chiropractor. And it only takes one visit. It's like one of those inversion tables or the boots suspended from the ceiling by pullies like I've seen movies. Whatever works...
Give us a helpful clue
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:06 pm
by RayThom
Oh, the poor woman. Judged solely on a stupid video, taken at an angle that can easily be misconstrued.
Then she was obviously coerced into admitting fraud and now her entire future financial stability has taken a hit. Now she'll need to get some semblance of a job to compensate. I can only hope she'll find one that accommodates her horrible disability.
Government giveth and government taketh away.
Re: Give us a helpful clue
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:05 pm
by Bicycle Bill
RayThom wrote:Oh, the poor woman. Judged solely on a stupid video, taken at an angle that can easily be misconstrued.
Then she was obviously coerced into admitting fraud and now her entire future financial stability has taken a hit. Now she'll need to get some semblance of a job to compensate. I can only hope she'll find one that accommodates her horrible disability.
Which disability is that? Being dumber than a box of rocks?
In that case, she could run for public office. Our current POTUS is the poster child for hiring the mentally handicapped.
"BB"
Re: Give us a helpful clue
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:06 pm
by Lord Jim
Well technically, you don't really need to be able to walk to bungee jump...
Re: Give us a helpful clue
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 11:38 pm
by dales
Our current POTUS is the poster child for hiring the mentally handicapped.
That's an insult to all the mentally challenged.
