Mr Whippy ‘cash for crash’ scammer spared jail

A builder who took part in a £100,000 ‘crash for cash’ fraud involving a Mr Whippy ice cream van was spared jail today (FRI). Barry Sandmann, 39, was recruited by a mystery conman to stage an accident with the pink wagon in Kent for a false insurance claim. When the insurers sent an investigator to inspect the van, he recognised it from another faked accident hundreds of miles away in Bristol. It had also been involved in a third claim…