Frightened Victims of the Gang That Caused 700 Crashes ; How One Couple Helped Snare the Crime Ring Behind a Car Insurance Menace Record Numbers Report Car Fraud

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A SIMPLE car trip home from a hospital appointment turned into a nightmare for pensioners Alma and Eric Gallanders as they drove into the middle of one of Britain's biggest insurance frauds.

While navigating a roundabout near the Trafford Centre shopping complex in Manchester, their Nissan Micra was hit by a Lexus car. After pulling off the roundabout, the Lexus driver blamed Eric for the accident. Then he called the police on his mobile phone and accused Eric of racial abuse.

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Frightened Victims of the Gang That Caused 700 Crashes ; How One Couple Helped Snare the Crime Ring Behind a Car Insurance Menace Record Numbers Report Car Fraud

As part of the investigation, both Alma, 82, and Eric, 83, were interviewed under caution by police about the racial abuse.

'It was distressing and upsetting to see in the police statement the language we were supposed to have used,' says Alma.

But initially neither they no...

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