Karen Salkilld, 43, says she got the idea from a movie after finding herself in huge debt. The gym owner claimed she died in a car crash in Broome in 2023 and almost got away with the scam.

A woman who faked her own death to claim a life insurance payout of more than $700,000 has been sentenced to three years in prison. Karen Maree Salkilld had pleaded guilty to gaining benefit by ...