13 Nov 2009

£23k benefit cheat unpunished

A woman who was filmed running the Race for Life despite claiming disability benefits has been given an eight-week jail term suspended for 15 months.

Susan Hutchinson, of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, was paid £23,000 because she was "too weak to work" but was filmed smiling in the three-mile race.

Hutchinson had admitted six fraud and theft charges.

The judge at Cardiff Crown Court said he was suspending the sentence because Hutchinson cares for a disabled son.

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