Woman jailed for Manchester attack fraud

A woman who pretended to have a daughter who was seriously injured in the Manchester Arena attack to make an insurance claim has been jailed for two years at Liverpool Crown Court.

Susan Pain, 51, of Kirkby in Merseyside, worked for insurance broker Money Medical Management, which sold policies underwritten by AXA. She pleaded guilty to claiming £139,000 through 31 fraudulent claims between 2010 and 2017. She was discovered after her final claim, in which she said a daughter called Sophie had sustained serious injuries in the suicide bomb attack last May.