A man who made a bogus insurance claim by staging a crash with his wife and pretending they didn'Â’t know each other has been jailed for a year.
David Ward and Lynsey Ivory of The Beeches, Clonshaugh, Priorswood IN Dublin were caught after the company noticed they were in each otherÂ’s Facebook profile pictures
On July 22nd 2013, Garda attended a crash in Donabate, north Dublin.
David Ward told them he was a passenger in a car that rear-ended a VW Passat; the driver of which was Lynsey Ivory – a woman he claimed was a total stranger.
LynseyÂ’s story matched up and they both made claims to FBD Insurance.
Eyebrows were raised when a claims officer examined their Facebook pages and noticed they appeared in one anotherÂ’s profile pictures.
Gardai called to the address Lynsey had provided in her claim, and David answered the door.
Not only were they not strangers, the court heard they were living together, had children together and were planning a wedding.
Today, Judge Martin Nolan fully suspended a two year sentence for Lynsey, but felt the crime was serious enough to warrant a one year prison sentence for her now husband because he has a criminal record.
