Bouncer jailed for benefit fraud

Bouncer Anthony Edwards has been jailed after claiming £34,793 in benefits, when he was working outside nightclubs.

He claimed income support, incapacity benefit, and housing and council tax benefit after quitting JCB with a bad back. But he was still claiming while he worked as a bouncer between 2003 and last year.

He was jailed for 12 months despite a plea that his wife would have to give up work to look after their two children if he went to prison.

He was one of 12 people arrested on suspicion of benefit fraud in March 2008.

If cases move at this speed, there is no chance of making inroads into this mass market crime.