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 fake
d 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.