A couple have been left £25,000 in debt by a five-year holiday compensation wrangle they say cost them their mental health and nearly their marriage.
Karl Hughes, from Nottingham, says he contemplated suicide as he faced the prospect of two years in jail for allegedly lying about having food poisoning on a Jet2 break to Lanzarote in 2016. The Mirror reports that he and wife Laura did not go through with their compensation claim, but the tour operators said they lied about being ill and tried to have them found guilty of contempt of court for making false statements.
The couple have now finally seen the contempt of court case thrown out by a judge, but they say they have been scarred by the ordeal and left with a mountain of debt. "It has been five and half years of hell," karate instructor Karl told The Mirror.
