Seventy-eight English Defence League supporters are trying to claim for whiplash injuries in a coach crash... when only 25 of them were on board.The claims were lodged after the coach carrying party members from Gateshead to a rally in Preston, Lancs, was involved in a minor collision. Days later dozens of EDL supporters submitted a bid for compensation for whiplash injuries which they said were caused by the crash.
But the coach firm says only 25 people were on the bus - and the vehicle has just 57 seats. Maria Caris, spokesman for Caris Coaches in Gateshead, said she is now considering legal action amid fears her firm is being scammed by members of the extremist party, which opposes the spread of militant Islam.
She said: "They must think we're idiots. There are 78 claims in so far and the phone is still going with people asking for our insurance details. They are all saying they were on the coach."
Recalling the rally - which ended in violent clashes with police - she added: "These 'whiplash injuries' could have been caused when they were fighting with the police in Preston."
Driver Christopher Cartwright said he'd be amazed if any of the 25 on board were hurt in the crash last month. He said: "There was not much more than a scratch on the back corner of the coach."
Yesterday even their own supporters were protesting. EDL's Alan Spence wrote on the party's Facebook site: "Are you taking the piss or what? There were only 20 people on the fucking coach."
Mirror
Thugs, hoologans, racists AND thieves. These people are really trying for the Scum of the Year title.
ReplyDeleteThere are 78 claims in so far and the phone is still going with people asking for our insurance details. They are all saying they were on the coach
ReplyDeleteNo sympathy for the coach firm. If they accept bookings from work-shy criminals like the EDL then bad things will happen.
Calling people scum, vermin, work shy,chavs, thick etc does not explain the social cause of why some males are attracted to such groups. This is what needs to be researched.
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ReplyDeleteHahaha!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad this story of EDL cheats and liars has made it into the mainstream tabloids.
You obviously haven't taken account of all their pseudonyms. I wonder whether any of them is multiple claiming.
ReplyDeleteWhat if the coach company had illegally overcrowded their coaches and were now simply saving their own skins from a criminal prosecution? Was cashed paid that day? Visa? Will the coach company agree to have their financial records checked?
ReplyDeleteWhere did this insurance claim come from?
Was their a police report after the crash?
Too many questions to simply dismiss this one. I'm predicting fraud on both sides, coach company and the EDL.
'Too many questions to simply dismiss this one. I'm predicting fraud on both sides, coach company and the EDL.'
ReplyDeleteYou ought to try reading the article before commenting.
'Yesterday even their own supporters were protesting. EDL's Alan Spence wrote on the party's Facebook site: "Are you taking the piss or what? There were only 20 people on the fucking coach."'
That load of EDL sumbags really are as thick as thieves.
ReplyDeleteFor once there are anti-EDL comments on the Daily Mail and they're the ones with the Green Arrows:
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BISHOP URGES FIRM STAND AGAINST RACISM: -
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They must have learnt something from the dishonest shinanigans of Gri££in's BNP.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone see Upstairs Downstairs tonight?
ReplyDeleteIt featured the Battle of Cable St...
Is it too late to claim for being on the Titanic? And I don't mean the BNP.
ReplyDeleteTypical nazzer over-developed sense of entitlement.
ReplyDeleteI often attend demos "in spirit". I feel spiritually shaken by this incident. I therefore claim compensation. Theres nothing like a pile of cash to put my world to rights.
ReplyDeleteNo sympathy for the coach firm. If they accept bookings from work-shy criminals like the EDL then bad things will happen.
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