Solicitor claims she was falsely detained on cruise ship after 'sarcastic' suicide comment

The court will hear Ms Fanning and her daughter were in their pyjamas when they were “paraded” past other passengers

Caroline Fanning (pictured) described feeling “petrified” when security personnel arrived at her cabin after the ship activated its suicide prevention protocol. Photo: Collins Courts

A jury has begun hearing a woman's High Court action that alleges she was falsely detained in the medical room of a cruise ship after making a sarcastic comment that “there may be a suicide”.

Solicitor Caroline Fanning (49) described feeling “petrified” when security personnel arrived at her cabin after the ship activated its suicide prevention protocol in the early hours of August 8, 2015.