POLICE have charged 38 people for alleged “Cash for Crash” insurance fraud offences in Cumbria.

Detectives have investigated numerous people for conspiring to defraud motor insurance companies for collisions that are said to have happened in the county between 2010 and 2014. 

Those charged in connection with the offences are:

  • Mark Roger McCracken, aged 47, of HMP Haverigg.
  • Ian Shadforth, aged 51, of Newton Terrace Millom.
  • Sharon Moorhouse, aged 45, of Marton, Ulverston.
  • Nigel Beaty, aged 36, of London Road, Carlisle.
  • Stephen Slater, aged 48, of Yewdale Road, Carlisle.
  • Deborah Norris, aged 47, of Yewdale Road, Carlisle.
  • Lorraine Todd, aged 63, of Inglewood, Waverton, Wigton.
  • Philip Crothers, aged 26, of HMP Northumberland.
  • Darren Snowdon, aged 43, of Brookside, Carlisle.
  • Kerry Swales, aged 42, of Shadygrove Road, Carlisle.
  • Kerry Richardson, aged 33, of Shadygrove Road, Carlisle.
  • Garry Ruddy, aged 41, of Oxford Street, Millom.
  • Natalie Edgeler, aged 27, of Salthouse Road, Millom.
  • Stephen Edgeler, aged 46, of Devonshire road, Millom.
  • Stuart Wise, aged 27, of Friars Garth, Abbeytown.
  • Dominic Scott, aged 32, of Edward Street, Carlisle.
  • Robert Skelton, aged 48, of Ruleholme, Irthington.
  • Sarah Dawson, aged 44, of Angle Meadow Lane, Barrow-in-Furness.
  • Andrew Dawson, aged 46, of Harrison Street, Barrow-in-Furness. Diane Dutton, aged 40, of Durham street, Barrow-in-Furness.
  • Melanie Stead, aged 40, of Dickens Drive, Catterick Garrison.
  • Michelle Lockhart, aged 36, of Meadow Road, Wigton. Jonathan Scott, aged 40, of Deer Park, Wigton.
  • Rachel Scott, aged 39, of Deer Park, Wigton.
  • Danielle Hayton, aged 25, of Dowbeck Road, Carlisle.
  • Lucy Malloy, aged 26, of Dowbeck Road, Carlisle.
  • Stacey Crook, aged 27, of Chesterholm, Carlisle.
  • David Louden, aged 31, of Chesterholm, Carlisle
  • Paul Wells, aged 36, of Friars Garth, Abbeytown.
  • Terence Andrews, 48, of Oakwood End, Abbeytown.
  • Richard Morton, aged 38, of Wampool Grange, Kirkbride.
  • Charmaine Cochrane, aged 30, of Aisne Road, Colchester.
  • Craig Palmer, aged 43, of Balfor Road, Carlisle.
  • Richard Miller, aged 43, of Springfields, Wigton.
  • Stuart Bell, aged 36, of Deer Park, Wigton.
  • Peter Farish, aged 44, of Cumwhinton Drive, Carlisle
  • Duncan Pape, aged 53, of Wigton Road, Carlisle.
  • Sarah Kidd, aged 33, of Castlesteads Drive, Carlisle has been summoned to court for a connected offence of money laundering.

Mark Roger McCracken is also charged with a number of other offences. The investigation has been a joint-up operation between Cumbria Constabulary, the Motor Insurance Bureau and the Crown Prosecution Service. 

All 38 people are expected appear before North Cumbria Magistrates Court tomorrow in connection with these offences.