A dad with a £500,000 'work injury' was caught out after being spotted carrying his daughter on his shoulders. Perry Scott, 45, made claims for two incidents that he said left him "15 per cent of the person he used to be".
The builder submitted insurance claims for the falls from a ladder and a scaffolding platform at window-height. He said the accidents in 2015 and 2016 left him unable to work and tried to claim £500,000.
The Norfolk father told medical experts that after he spent days in bed or on the sofa following the incidents, and was unable to take his children to the park. However, the Mirror reports that surveillance photographs later showed him walking, shopping and carrying his daughter on his shoulders.
