Undercover haulier sues after fight
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• An owner-driver has issued a High Court writ against an insurance company for 050,000 after he was forced to stop driving because of eye injuries suffered in a fight with a drugs gang.
Charlie Marks alleges that Pegasus Assurance, part of the Scottish Mutual group, refused to pay out on a sickness policy because he was working on an undercover operation with Customs and Excise which he had not disclosed to his insurers. Customs and Excise confirms that it has worked with Marks in the past.
Scottish Mutual says that it is taking legal advice on Marks' bid for a pay-out.
Marks is also locked in a legal battle with Customs and Excise, who he says promised to protect him financially and physically during the course of the drugs operation (CM 13-19 Oct 1994).
A Customs spokesman says that its file on Marks' case has been closed since June 1994. "We haven't heard anything from him since then," he adds.
Marks is due to go before the Legal Aid board to see if he can go ahead with his case for compensation against Customs and Excise.