Houghton Regis woman handed suspended sentence after lying about crash injuries
A woman from Houghton Regis has been handed a suspended sentence after lying about being injured in a car crash.
Colette Drysdale, 57, was convicted by a jury of fraud by false representation in June.
She was handed a 12-month sentence, suspended for 12 months at Luton Crown Court yesterday (September 10). She was also ordered to pay £2,000 in court costs and a £187 victim surcharge.
The court heard Drysdale, of The Cloisters, had falsely claimed she was sitting in her stationary car when it was hit by another vehicle, and that she had been injured as a result.