A Norwich mother who admitted dishonestly claiming £5,640 in benefits has been given a 16-week suspended sentence and ordered to do 200 hours of community work by Norwich Magistrates Court. She failed to tell the DWP she was living with a partner.
A Midlothian mother who received £22,373 between December 2006 and November 2007 by pretending her entire family was severely disabled has been sent back to jail.
Anne Marie Cockburn's cheating began just two months after being released early from a 10 month-sentence for a similar fraud involving £18,000. So no warning signs there then.
She must spend the 110 days of the unexpired portion of the previous sentence in jail, and has had 20 months added
2 comments:
These sort of people make me sick. As a now disabled mother of 4 children, 2 of whom have disabilities and a husband recently diagnosed with a long term/permanent chronic illness, people like this make it more difficult for genuine cases to get what they are legally entitled to. Sometimes even letters from the top surgeons in the land can get you refused!
Maybe they should be forced to work with severely disabled people and they they would know what it is REALLY like to deal with it 24/7/365.
I understand your rage. But would you trust thieves like them to work with the disabled? I wouldn't.
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