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ON THE DAY a mother of two told a consultant she could not move her right leg and ankle and had serious back pain, a private investigator videoed her jogging across a Dublin street, the Circuit Civil court has been told.
Circuit Court President, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, said that Stephen Bothma, of Core Group Investigations, had also videod Esther Lamidi getting into her car without “any bother or restriction of movement.”
Barrister Lisa Kelly, counsel for Zurich Insurance and motorist John Lowry in a personal injuries claim against them for €60,000, said Lamidi had told defence medical consultant Aidan Gleeson, on the day of the video recording, that she was “unable to function in any way.”
“You told him that you struggled to move about and that pain was restricting your movements,” Kelly told Lamidi, of North Strand Road, North Strand, Dublin 3.
Lamidi, 33, had claimed in evidence that Lowry, a bus driver travelling home after a night shift, had driven across a stop line at Mountjoy Square traffic junction and crashed into her car.
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Kelly, who appeared with Collins Crowley Solicitors, told Lamidi, an unaccompanied provisional licence holder, that she had ignored Mr Lowry twice beeping the horn at her and that she had failed to yield while his vehicle was in control of the junction.
“With regard to your injuries you have at the very least exaggerated your evidence,” Kelly said.
She told Lamidi, who said she could not remember if she had failed four, five or six driving tests, that her evidence had been totally inconsistent with what she had said to the insurer’s medical expert and the court.
Lamidi said she had been driving on a provisional licence for the past 17 years.
Judge Groarke, throwing out Lamidi’s claim with costs against her, said impact damage was not consistent with her evidence that Mr Lowry had driven into the junction at speed. He said Lamidi, who wept almost continuously throughout her evidence, had not complained to her GP of back pain until almost 18 months after the accident.
“When I read the account of her medical examination, which took place only a fortnight ago, and see the video by the private investigator, it is perfectly obvious that this lady has not just exaggerated her complaints but was telling blatant lies to Mr Gleeson,” Judge Groarke said.
He said the video showed her jogging across the street and bending over and demonstrating entirely supple movements as she got into her car without any bother.
“I am sure that whatever you told Mr Gleeson that day was an utter fabrication,” Judge Groarke said. He said the evidence of an independent witness, Mr Hao She, had resolved any difficulty in the case. Lamidi had neither looked right nor left and had not seen Mr Lowry’s car which had been in possession of the junction at all times.
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Should be prosecuted
Locked up too. Time to get serious about insurance fraud
Thus might give insurance companies courage to go to court rather than settling cases outside…..They always assume judgement will go against them…
@Tom Collins:
It’s actually outrageous that there they are not going after her for this. Clearly insurance fraud. This is the sort of thing that should result in 18 months in prison.
@Fred Jensen: It’s also why our insurance premiums are so high.
It’s not just the insurance fraud, the other driver must have been in rag order with the stress about this, I can imagine it took a toil on his family too. The fact this lady can do this and not be in prison is a joke. Actually, not it’s not a joke. Sure yesterday a guy who beat who’s girlfriend didn’t need a custodial sentence. It’s actually totally in keeping with this country’s justice system.
@Carl Nolan: The other problem being getting money out of her, getting that might not be easy and ends up at 10 euro per week or the like as she probably hasn’t got the means.
A custodial sentence is the only way to stop this craaap.
She will have some bill to pay now as she has to pay costs. Good result. About time, the Irish claim culture was a free ATM.
Must be…
@Kappa: She should have to pay it back, but as we’ve often seen with fraud, you only have to pay back what you can afford, etc……so it is difficult.
And another €60k case by a Ms. Winnie Mongan from Clondalkin was dropped, I wonder why ?
She should also be disqualified from driving for several years. That would concentrate some of the minds attempting to defraud motor insurance.
Instead of her not getting that 60k, the same amount should be taken directly out of her own pocket!
What information do you have that she is not being pursued by garda Fred?
Now she hasn’t a leg to stand on!!
(Well, one maybe…….)
driving on a provisional for 17 years not a bother on her
And failing it 6 times!
@Brian Ward: or four, five, seven or eight she’s not sure……….
And still doing the same by the sound of the evidence given by the private investigator
On a provisional license for SEVENTEEN years.What a joke of a system.
Good… I hope they put her in prison for perjuring herself and liquidate her assets/take her house to pay the insurance company’s legal and private investigator fees.
How can you file suit against someone when you’re not even licensed to be driving?
@Drew TheChinaman :): Ireland :)
Great to see looks like the insurance companies are finally going after the scammers
What about Lamidi’s legal team? Surely they have a few questions to answer.
Ask them when they get out of their coffins when the sun goes down.
She changed her name too, half way through the piece, from Lamidi to Limidi.
@Niall O Neill: and then again to limaidi
@Niall O Neill: should be prosecuted and then deported back to Nigeria
How do you know she is from Nigeria?
@Kieran Jones: The surname Lamidi is quite common in Nigeria.
@Kieran Jones: Just type Lamidi Facebook on Google search and you get your answer – pronto! Can’t believe you just threw a race card at me when I was trying to help you on your enquiry. So rude of you!
@Kieran Jones: biggot thrower
But she is originally from Nigeria
Saying jimmy connors is a traveller when he’s a tennis player isn’t racist it’s just incorrect
My point alex if you can read is that assuming some one was from Nigeria because she has a name thats popular is racist. If she is from Nigeria then fine but that was John’s statement.
@Kieran Jones: Your comment doesn’t make sense at all. You should be more careful when it comes to throwing malicious falsehoods against other people here like the way you tried to slander my good name with your preposterous comments marking me out being as a “racist”. Alex Olsen’s comment says it all.
@Kieran Jones: Right, I’ve reported you to the moderator already.
@Kieran Jones: I’m going to ignore you from now on as it’s pretty obvious that you’re one sick troll taking delight in baiting people like me with such defamatory comments of yours.
Justice Groarke is on a roll
@Michael Webb he sure is minding our purse strings for a change
put her in prison, thats the least that should happen to any con artist
@Scundered:
I am sure that Miss. Lamidi fully intended to donate her windfall to her charity.
Good enough for her
Anyone that commits insurance fraud like her should be prosecuted. The level of fraud this country has to stop.
It’s a miracle!
We mustn’t have enough scammers of our own so we seem to be importing them.
This is why motor insurance is sky high.
I hope the no-win-no-fee lawyers lose a packet, they should be made to pay all costs, including the Zurich.
As for the lovely Miss Lamidi, she should be chucked out of the country.
Seiorusly is there no sanction for telling deliberate and blatant lies in front of a judge in this country,not even community service,and is it any wonder thousands of people are paying massive insurance costs like my vehicle insurance jumped 50% in the past year,if anyone needed a reason to fit a dash cam to their vehicle this is it,i have done so and it has already clearly identified a vehicle number plate dumping rubbish.
Fair dues Richard. This is just a question, are you willing to go to court to aid the prosecution if the littering is prosecuted and contested?
@filthypete: I will do better than that Pete,i and my neighbours will use the video evidence to deter those people from dumping rubbish in the future,if more people did the same the result would be a far cleaner and safer country.
That’ll put a dent in using Western Union to send money home for a while.
Delighted the scammer was caught!
what ? that’s it’s sure give it a go. try get some money and if you fail. don’t worry it’s ireland nothing happens !!
what about court costs ?? lying in court ???
nothing happens. that can’t be right ?
How was she allowed drive around for seventeen years unaccompanied on a provisional licence ?
Our non enforcement of traffic laws is common knowledge, hence the contempt shown…
This is why insurance premiums are going sky high,should be jailed for fraud and wasting time,
ah sure its a great way to make a living…faith hope charity https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwij0MWknbjSAhUoCsAKHbYqAUEQFggfMAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.google.com%2F100262480251010837247&usg=AFQjCNFq-OaZUQ2s3dBXuq64tls_xAYieQ&sig2=GoaiVE6M8DklEl75S5frLw
@Michael Mcshane: You can see that Ms Lamidi has shown her mobile phone no. & email address on her “charity” shop sign!
@Michael McShane I hope the taxman goes to look at her books
@Michael Mcshane: I’ve found out that her charity foundation doesn’t seem to have been listed by the charities regulatory authority here in Ireland. Nor is it listed on http://www.cro.ie as well.
Even the Revenue doesn’t have this charity on its authorised resident charities Charitable Tax Exemption too!
The website http://www.estherfaithandhopecharity.org doesn’t exist on its DNR address! Something fishy going on indeed.
“Allelujah! Another miracle!!!…I can walk, praise Jessussss, I CAN WALK!!!….Praise the Lord!!!
When are we going to get real in this country ,,, 17 years on a Prov Licence is a lot, Fraud, Scamming and Insurance payer Court costs, somebody SHOUT stop,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, please !
The real problem here is the doctor who certified her so called injuries. There was obvious collusion.
I was slightly side swiped by a rogue driver a few years ago. Minor damage. The driver claimed based on a crooked doctor’s certification. My insurance company stumped up. I queried this and was told they settled because if it went to court the doctor’s certificate could cost the insurance three times what they paid out. The bottom line is right or wrong did not influence the insurance company decision. They simply weighed up the potential cost and decided to settle. They viewed a court case against the rogue as an unwinable gamble. A few weeks after he passed me in the supermarket and gave me a knowing smile. He obviously perceived me to be his “benefactor”?
Geebag
Dead Wright! I as hit for €20,000 . I know It was a scam but couldn’t prove it. My insurance company was suspicious but couldn’t prove anything…
she had no licence and she should not been on her own in charge of a vehicle…enough for prosecution…plus she tried to defraud the insurance company so there is room for more convictions…is it because she was called “Lamidi” and not 0′hare or fitzpatrick ??? judges have different sticks to measure guilt and punishment according to the country of origin
Nice to see The Journal are still deleting comments they don’t fit with their biased agenda.
@john. I read the article in four different newspapers, and it was on the radio. No mention anywhere of where shes from except a dublin address. I rest my case.
Jail time?
I HOPE SHE HAS TO PAY ;LEGAL COSTS FOR BOTH SIDES AND THEN DEPORTED BACK TO WHERE EVER SHE IS FROM
Videoed? Videoed? That’s not a word boys.
She should be fined €60.000
Good enough for the bi@!h..
She should be prosecuted to deter this behaviour and for driving unaccompanied on a provisional licence.
Trump her criminal ass.
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Woman Should be punishment sentence to 10 years prison for for fake injury & fake statement to gardai.
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