Walsall Council house

Karen Britton, of Harwood Street, West Bromwich, confessed to scorn of court after she falsely asserted harms against Walsall Council. 

 Ms Britton asserted that she had endured the lower leg damage because of a stumble on a pothole in Bradford Street, Walsall, on May 5 2013. 

 In any case, it was discovered that she continued her damage attempting to get a neighbor's canine while alcoholic. 

 The 45-year-old's case for harms was expelled by His Honor Judge Gregory, sitting at Coventry County Court on May 4 2017. 

 Walsall Council at that point brought separate procedures for disdain of court against Ms Britton at the High Court in Birmingham. 

 Condemning Ms Britton to three months' detainment on November 28, suspended for a long time, His Honor Judge McKenna, sitting as a High Court judge, stated: "Scorn of Court is a to a great degree genuine issue. Fake cases strike at the core of the Civil Justice framework. 

 "Individuals ought to be in no uncertainty that, in the mind larger part of cases, the quest for fake cases will prompt quick custodial sentences." 

 Gareth Compton is an individual from the Fraudulent Insurance Group at No5 Barristers' Chambers. He is frequently taught by the two guarantors and litigants in regard of situations where extortion is suspected. 

 Walsall Council pioneer Mike Bird said the specialist treated the issue of extortion 'genuinely' and said it could never falter in seeking after criminal indictment in instances of 'major contemptibility'. 
In an announcement, the pioneer stated: "The committee considers the issue of extortion important and we won't falter to seek after a criminal indictment where a finding of major contemptibility is made in common obligation activities made against the chamber, just like the case with Ms Brittons guarantee."