Couple sentenced after false £50,000 sickness claim
A couple who claimed to be ill on holiday have been given a suspended jail sentence following a £50,000 sickness claim against Tui after they posted pictures of themselves enjoying the trip on Facebook.
Leon Roberts and Jade Muzoka, from Derby, spent a week at Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort and Spa in Turkey in July 2015.
In April 2016 they claimed to have been ill during the trip – during which time sickness claims against Tui rose 1,400%.
Travel Weekly has launched Fight Fake Claims, a campaign to tackle false and exaggerated holiday sickness claims after an industry wide surge which has been put down in a large part to unscrupulous claims management companies.