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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Katie Weston

Woman who claimed compensation for whiplash caught climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge

A woman who told a doctor she couldn't exercise due to whiplash, and was then caught scaling Sydney Harbour Bridge, has been handed a £20,000 fine.

Lois Cartridge had minor soft tissue injuries after being involved in a car crash as a backseat passenger in November 2018, but reportedly went on to exaggerate her symptoms to boost her compensation claim.

The 24-year-old from Bournemouth, Dorset, told a doctor who examined her just over six months after the accident that she was still so badly injured she was "prevented" from exercising.

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