Axa prosecutes fraudster following claim

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Private prosecution sees man sentenced to three years (suspended for two) following fraudulent personal injury claim.

A man has been found guilty of fraudulently attempting to claim £100,000 in damages for an injury allegedly sustained at work.

A private prosecution, brought by Axa Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary, secured a conviction for Paul Gustar on two counts of insurance fraud.

The jury at Truro Crown Court took just 42 minutes to unanimously find Gustar guilty. On handing down a three year jail sentence to Gustar, suspended for two years, His Honour Judge Harvey Clark said: "This insurance

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