Dianne Locke from Herefordshire , claimed that a large number of china items and pieces of jewellery had been stolen from her house (value £25,000) in a burglary before it emerged that she herself had faked the incident.

Locke pleaded guilty to trying to claim money on her home insurance through deception two months ago and has now been sentenced to a 12-month suspended sentence and 150 days unpaid community service.

The news follows a police crackdown on bogus home insurance claims in Croydon, with police having made more than 70 arrests for the offence since January.

In UK 14 people have been arrested following a series of stately home burglaries which could cost home insurance providers millions of pounds.

"Detectives have investigated over £30 million worth of crime over a 21-month period"
"The crimes being investigated include some of the highest profile and highest value burglaries this country has ever seen."

Arrests were made in : Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.

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