Lying Manchester Academy teacher banned from teaching after £50,000 insurance scam over invented burglary
A PE teacher who tried to claim nearly £50,000 in insurance over a fake burglary has been banned from teaching after hiding the conviction from her school. Dipti Patel, who taught PE at Manchester Academy, in Moss Side, made the ‘entirely fraudulent’ insurance claim after reporting a ‘contrived burglary’ at her family home, a professional conduct panel heard.