British family faces jail for fake holiday sickness claim
Friday, July 21, 2017 @ 1:26 PM
A BRITISH family is facing up to six years in jail for a fake food-poisoning claim after their holiday in Mallorca.
Deborah Briton, 53 and Paul Roberts, 43 (pictured left) appeared in Liverpool Crown Court this week after attempting to earn 52,000 pounds (around €62,400) in compensation for a fictitious stomach bug allegedly caused by the food at their hotel, and which they said also affected two of their children.
They are the first to face criminal trial for fraudulent sickness claims, although not the first to be taken to task.
Earlier, Julie Lavelle and Michael McIntyre, from Liverpool, were ordered to pay 3,744 pounds (just under €4,500) to tour operator Thomas Cook in compensation after a judge in the north-western UK city threw out a claim filed by the couple for sickness during a 2013 holiday in Gran Canaria.
They had tried to get 10,000 pounds (about €12,000) by alleging they and their two children became ill due to 'poor food and hygiene at the hotel'.
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