Woman said she couldn't walk in £500k injury claim but was caught after running on Jeremy Kyle Show
| Published date | 10 April 2024 |
| Publication title | MyLondon (England) |
After an investigation by City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department IFED Rogers pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation at Sheffield Crown Court on February 2 2024. On Tuesday April 9 she was sentenced at the same court to 12 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and must also pay £500 in compensation.
IFED Detective Constable Carley Parodi said: “Rogers took advantage of a genuine car accident and, for almost a decade, kept up the pretence that it had a substantial effect on her life. There was a huge difference between Rogers’ ability to carry out her day-to-day activities in the surveillance footage and the serious impact of the accident as she described during her medical appointments.
"It was astounding that she told medical professionals she could not walk unaided, but then appeared on national television doing just that. Rogers thought she could convince medical professionals and the insurer using methods such as going to her medical appointments with a walking stick. The sentence handed down to her should serve as a reminder that, however clever you think you are being, committing insurance fraud will have repercussions.”
'I was angry -it distracted me from the pain'
After noticing inconsistencies in medical reports submitted for her claim, including a doctor's conclusion her condition was 'either grossly exaggerated or due to an underlying psychological condition', NFU Mutual gathered surveillance footage of her attending a medical assessment on April 26 2021.
The footage showed Rogers walking to her taxi with a walking stick hanging from her arm, but after leaving the taxi she entered the medical centre leaning heavily on the stick. In the appointment she claimed she was unable to get dressed, washed with difficulty, could not lift or carry things, and that her back pain stopped her standing for more than 10 minutes.
But the surveillance footage, from earlier that day, also showed Rogers walking her two dogs for around 40 minutes, unaided and with no...
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