A woman has been jailed after flouting the punishment she received for her role in the county's biggest ever insurance fraud.

Natalie Edgeler was one of 35 people sentenced by a judge in November for their involvement in a crime which was said to have been worth £600,000. Dubbed "cash for crash" it involved 27 suspicious vehicle collisions and dozens of bogus insurance claims.

Edgeler, of Devonshire Road, Millom, admitted dishonestly making a false representation.

At Carlisle Crown Court the 28-year-old received a suspended nine-month prison term and 100 hours' unpaid work.

But yesterday she was brought before Judge Peter Davies who heard she had failed to complete a single unpaid work hour since being sentenced.

Jailing her for six months the judge told her: "I will not allow my court orders to be ignored.