Saima Zaffar dishonestly claimed housing benefit of £9,062 and council tax benefit of £1,193 by failing to notify Redditch Council that she was working as a trainee solicitor. She also pleaded guilty to dishonestly allowing her partner, Naeem Naz, to claim income support of £3444.77 by not reporting her work to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
She just received a 12-month community order with a supervision requirement. She was also ordered to pay £6,430 compensation.
Her chosen career is ruined, of course, but what punishment is she getting from Redditch magistrates?
Stuart Harris dishonestly claimed jobseeker's allowance of £1,776, housing benefit of £484 and council tax benefit of £123 between July 2006 and March 2007 by failing to declare to the council and the DWP that he was working as a door supervisor. He was sentenced to a 150-hour community punishment order and ordered to pay compensation of £1,250.
Henrietha Hanuliakova dishonestly claimed housing benefit of £2532 between April 2006 and January 2008 by failing to notify the council that she was living with a partner. She received a 12-month community order with a supervision requirement and a compensation order of £1,200.
Another gentle slap on the wrist. Deliberate criminality must be punished!
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