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‘Disabled’ conman in ping-pong bust


A fraudster, who claimed to be crippled by cerebral palsy, has been sent to jail after being caught taking part in a table tennis tournament. The 32-year-old man, who claimed to be confined to a wheelchair, was sentenced to three years in prison by a Swedish court after it heard that he had conned country’s Social Insurance Agency out of millions of kroner. Read the full story

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Ping Pong pinkie prisoner pay-out trumps mistaken surgery


ping-pongA convicted criminal in Sweden’s Gavle prison has been awarded compensation after injuring his little finger playing table tennis. The 46-year-old man has received SEK 18,300 after hitting his hand on the edge of the table during a game in 2007. Read the full story

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