Moment Ex-con who claimed prison slip stopped him working is busted plunging off ladder while on roofing job
Scammer Danny Hadfield was seeking £2,750 damages claiming a Strangeways jail slip left him unable to work
THIS is the moment an ex-con’s bid to swindle damages out of the prison service comes crashing down to earth
Danny Hadfield was seeking £2750 damages after claiming a jail slip left him unable to work.
But his claims were exposed as a sham after he was caught on camera climbing a ladder while fixing a roof - before promptly falling off.
Hadfield was trying to sue bosses at HMP Manchester for £2,750 after claiming he badly hurt his back and elbow after falling on metal stairs on G wing back in 2012 because he slipped on water.
But his claim was thrown out of court this week after District Judge Daniel Moss said it was “far more likely” he had simply lost his footing.
Mr Hadfield, from Altrincham, Manchester, claimed in court he hasn’t been able work since being released from prison in December 2012 after serving nine months of a two-year sentence for wounding.
But footage has emerged of him fixing a roof in February – and falling off a ladder in the process.
The CCTV video shows him climbing a ladder before it slips and falls to the ground.
The resident, who released the footage, said they paid Mr Hadfield £4,000 for the job, which they say has since had to be redone at a cost of more than £8,000.
Mr Hadfield, 52, tried to sue the prison, claiming staff had been negligent because water was on the stairs.
He was ordered to pay more than £9,000 in court costs incurred by jail bosses, but is understood to have covered the bill by taking out after-event insurance.
Following the Manchester Civil Justice Centre hearing, Strangeways governor Rob Young said he was “very pleased at the outcome of this case”.
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