A court claimant suing for injuries from a workplace accident and a car crash who was videoed moving freely after presenting as “a cripple” to a doctor, withdrew his case on the fifth day of the action at the High Court.

A Polish man suing for injuries from two accidents was shown on video at the High Court yesterday driving, walking freely, and leaning under the bonnet of his car repairing it — on the same day he presented to a doctor as ‘crippled’.

A Polish man suing his employer and a motorist for compensation from two accidents was accused yesterday of mounting a sham case and misleading everyone from lawyers, doctors and the defence to the High Court judge hearing the case.