Saleswoman jailed for fake cancer note and false assault claims

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 9 Oct, 20:49 · Archive

Louise Gallagher, 50, has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison after admitting three counts of perverting the course of justice at Wood Green Crown Court.

Gallagher produced false evidence while suing distribution company Bunzl for sex discrimination and mounting a separate unfair dismissal claim against health product supplier Essity. During her 2020 and 2021 tribunal against Bunzl, she claimed Transport for London held CCTV footage proving a colleague had sexually assaulted her at Waterloo station. She doctored a genuine TfL email to support this lie and maintained the existence of the footage even after TfL confirmed it did not exist. When this deception was discovered, Gallagher submitted a fake doctor's note claiming she had been signed off work for two years to receive cancer treatment, apparently to delay proceedings.

In 2022 and 2023, during her tribunal against Essity, Gallagher invented a witness to a sexual assault allegation. Judge Timothy Godfrey said her conduct was 'prolonged, blatant, and egregious' and 'liable to undermine public justice', emphasising that she had lied to a tribunal judge on oath and acted with sophistication and planning. Gallagher had previous convictions from 2015 for theft and fraud against her employers.

How it is being reported

• Woman jailed after faking doctor’s note about cancer treatment and making up evidence of sex assaultsLouise Gallagher produced fake doctor’s notes and lied about the evidence of sexual assaults during two employment tribunals (Picture: Tristan Kirk/PA Wire) A liar who faked receiving cancer treatment and invented evidence of sexual assaults while suing her former employers has been jailed. Louise…Metro · 9 Oct, 20:31
• Saleswoman who faked doctor's note about cancer treatment and made up evidence of sex assaults in two failed employment tribunals is jailed for four yearsLouise Gallagher, 50, produced bogus evidence while suing distribution giant Bunzl for sex discrimination and mounted a separate unfair dismissal claim against Essity.Daily Mail · 9 Oct, 18:49

In this story: Louise Gallagher · Bunzl · Essity · Transport for London · Wood Green Crown Court · Waterloo station · Judge Timothy Godfrey

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