She faked cancer to swindle £130k

A ‘shameless’ mother-of-three who claimed she had terminal cancer and shaved off her hair to defraud her insurer out of over £130,000 was spared jail. Gemma Goodwin, 38, forged medical documents stating she had breast, lung and cervical cancer. Goodwin claimed she only had a year to live and a friend set up a fundraising page online called: ‘Gemma’s treatment in America. ‘As you all know Gemma has sadly been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, stage 2 breast and…