July 5, 2005

A highly charged legal matter...

An interesting case of fraud in England -- from The Guardian:
Man used electric underpants 'to fake heart attack'
A judge yesterday threw out a claim by a man who, the court heard, used "electric underpants" to give himself fake heart attack symptoms.

Marcus Danquah, 41, of Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire, had sought up to £300,000 in damages after claiming that a wrongly wired £34.50 Morphy Richards 42400 Comfi Grip iron gave him a heart attack.

But the company alleged that he had wired the iron so that it became live and would give an electric shock to anyone who touched it. It also claims that he used the "amps-in-his pants" device in his underwear to create false reading on a hospital heart monitor.
And the pants:
The judge said that Morphy Richards claimed Mr Danquah had interfered with the equipment with the help of a hidden device. "They say it was hidden in his underpants and that the claimant referred to this device as his 'electric underpants'.

"The defence included evidence from an eminent cardiologist who said that the results in the hospital were produced as a result of interference. Some numerous other experts and factual witnesses have said that the entire claim is a sham."
The joke would have been on him if the doctors wanted to do an immediate transplant.... Sheesh. Hat tip: BoingBoing Posted by DaveH at July 5, 2005 8:58 PM
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