A mum who 'dishonestly' claimed she fractured her ankle after falling down a drain has been ordered to pay a council £13,000. Mary Brennan has been told to cough up the cash after her compensation claim against Rochdale council was thrown out of court.
Mrs Brennan, of Birnam Grove, Heywood, claimed she injured herself after she fell into an uncovered drain while walking to her local newsagent at about 7.30am on May 7, 2016. But in court the holes in her story were found to be almost as big as the one she claimed to have fallen into.
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