A Leicester City Council benefits officer has been jailed for fraud after claiming £88,000 by lying to travel insurance companies.Umesh Gordhan took out multiple policies covering holiday cancellations and then falsely said he had fallen ill and was able to travel.The 48-year-old was given a two year prison term at Leicester Crown Court this morning after admitting ten counts of fraud by false representation.The court heard Gordhan, of Meadowsweet Road, Hamilton, Leicester, had originally...
