A bodybuilder who sued the NHS after claiming {that a} botched surgical procedure left him incapacitated has been jailed after he was caught taking part in rugby and lifting weights.
Sean Murphy, 39, tore a bicep while taking part in rugby in March 2017, and underwent surgical procedure to right it – a process he claimed left him unable to do fundamental duties.
The 39-year-old, from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, stated the operation had resulted in him shedding the power to play rugby, work, or gown himself and subsequently sued the Wye Valley NHS Belief for £580,000 in compensation.
Nevertheless, his claims quickly began to unravel after photographs and movies emerged on social media of Murphy again within the and lifting weights.
The 39-year-old has now been jailed for eight months for contempt of court docket on the Excessive Court docket in London.
He virtually should pay £200,000 in court docket charges, which incorporates the interim damages of £40,000 he had been paid earlier than his ruse unravelled, in addition to the NHS’s prices of the unique declare and contempt case.
On the Excessive Court docket, Justice Mould stated: “A more egregious act of selfish and self-serving deceit is hard to contemplate.”
The avid rugby participant stated his passion was delivered to an abrupt finish when he underwent surgical procedure on his elbow, a process he stated failed and resulted in a painful nerve damage.
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While the NHS conceded that Murphy was entitled to some damages, they stated the declare was value about £5,000, and the £580,000 bid was a “gross exaggeration”.
Nevertheless, in 2022, his lies had been delivered to gentle when officers found movies of him on Fb lifting a three-stone kettlebell, taking part in rugby for Ross-on-Wye’s second group, and weightlifting to the track Karma Chameleon by Tradition Membership.
Mould stated the video proof proved “beyond reasonable belief” that he was experiencing “no significant weakness” in his arm.
He sued the Wye Valley NHS Belief for £580,000 in compensation
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He concluded: “I’m glad that he intentionally lied to every skilled by volunteering the misunderstanding that he had been unable to play rugby.
“I discover the allegations of contempt to have been proved to the felony customary of proof.
“He’s in contempt of court docket by giving false data to 4 medical specialists and in that he made false statements in paperwork verified by a press release of reality.
“In my judgement, the shortest period of imprisonment I am able to impose is eight months.”
