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It would seem this woman was attempting to con a supermarket out of a personal injury settlement after CCTV footage indicated she'd staged the alleged incident.
FULL STORY: https://www.independent.ie/irish-ne...-amok-in-lidl-loses-60000-claim-41812349.htmlWoman who claims she was knocked over by child ‘running amok’ in Lidl loses €60,000 claim
A woman who claimed she was knocked over by a child “running amok” in a Lidl store has lost her €60,000 personal injuries claim against the supermarket. ...
Ms Zhang, an accountant, said she was shopping in Lidl’s Leixlip store in September 2017 when a boy aged about nine-years-old, who had been running amok in full view of staff, struck her from behind and knocked her to the ground. ...
Barrister Conor Kearney, who appeared ... for Lidl, told Judge Berkeley that Ms Zhang had initially pleaded her right leg had been injured but later told doctors it was her left leg.
He said that throughout the handling of her proceedings doctors who had treated or examined her had made no reference to the back injury she complained of in court. She had made no mention of a back injury when examined by a doctor on behalf of Lidl ...
Ms Zhang’s barrister told the court that CCTV of the incident had recorded the child running amok in the supermarket for six minutes.
Mr Kearney said CCTV requested by Ms Zhang’s legal team up until the time of the incident did not show her falling.
When cross-examining Ms Zhang about her evidence to the court he asked her to view additional CCTV of what had happened after the collision with the child.
“That CCTV shows footage of your own child walking around the store on its own opening fridges and cabinets,” Mr Kearney said. “From the extra footage it seems to me you put out your leg and you tripped up the child who fell over your leg and the child goes tumbling.” ...