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.
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