A woman who suffered a brain injury after a fall lost out on $750,000 compensation after a judge branded her 'dishonest'

• A woman who suffered a brain injury after falling from a pier lost out on $750,000 in compensation.
• The judge said she had been "thoroughly dishonest" and dismissed her claim.
• Insurance fraud costs businesses insurers and consumers billions each year

A woman who suffered a brain injury after falling from a seaside pier lost out on $750,000 in compensation after she was found to be "thoroughly dishonest" in her claim, said a judge.

Kirsty Williams-Henry, 33, sustained multiple injuries after falling from Aberavon Pier in the UK in 2018 when she went to observe bioluminescent plankton that had been spotted in the sea.