Scam artist forged GP’s report to claim damages

A scam artist who forged a doctor’s medical report as part of a personal injury claim has been successful in two previous personal injury claims.

At Ennis District Court yesterday, Tracy O’Connell, aged 33, of Cúl na Greine, Shannon, Co Clare, pleaded guilty to three charges arising from her claim that she suffered a personal injury after slipping on the wet floor of the toilets of the Crescent Shopping Centre in Limerick in 2015.

After hearing the evidence in the case, Judge Patrick Durcan said that in his almost five years as a district court judge, “this is one of the most worst cases of larceny and breaches of trust I have come across”.