![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/woman-who-couldnt-exercise-due-to-whiplash-caught-climbing-bridge/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_PAY-LoisCartridgeSydney1.jpg&description=Lois Cartridge, from Bournemouth, posted photos to Facebook which revealed she completed a 5km obstacle race the same day she told a doctor that she was still badly injured from a car crash, and shortly afterwards scaled a bridgeLois Cartridge, 24, pictured scaling Sydney Harbour Bridge with her boyfriend 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. But her Facebook posts were later examined by investigators from Liverpool Victoria - the insurers of the other motorist involved in the crash. They revealed that she had completed a 5km obstacle race the same day she saw the doctor, and shortly afterwards scaled the Sydney Harbour Bridge while travelling with her boyfriend. Lois suffered minor soft tissue injuries after being involved in a car crash ( Champion News) She went on to exaggerate her symptoms to boost her compensation claim ( Champion News) Ms Cartridge, an account handler with an insurance broker, admitted exaggerating her symptoms. She was handed a suspended 16-week jail term and £20,000 in lawyers' bills for contempt of court at the High Court in London. Paul Higgins, for LV, told Judge Richard Pearce that Ms Cartridge claimed she had "tenderness" and "restricted movement" in her back and neck, which stopped her exercising and carrying out normal household tasks, including ironing. But alarm bells rang when insurance investigators looked at her social media posts, he said. One day after the accident, she posted that she had been shopping and on a dinner date, he said,){kind=link}
Lois Cartridge, from Bournemouth, posted photos to Facebook which revealed she completed a 5km obstacle race the same day she told a doctor that she was still badly injured from a car crash, and shortly afterwards scaled a 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.
But her Facebook posts were later examined by investigators from Liverpool Victoria – the insurers of the other motorist involved in the crash.