Woman claiming to have been knocked down by child while pregnant loses €60k claim

The barrister for Lidl told the court: “From the extra footage it seems to me you put out your leg and you tripped up the child"

The barrister for Lidl told Judge Berkeley that Jiao Zhang (pictured) had initially pleaded her right leg had been injured but later told doctors it had been her left leg. Picture Collins Courts

A 40-year-old Dublin accountant, who claimed she had been knocked down in a Lidl store by a child “running amok”, has lost a €60,000 personal injuries claim against the store.

Jiao Zhang, of Cuil Duin Walk, Citywest, Dublin 24, told Judge Sarah Berkeley she had been 16 weeks pregnant at the time and had deliberately twisted her body “to protect her bump” as she fell.