30 Nov 2009

Back to jail for benefit thief who can pay, won't pay

Brian Sutcliffe has still not paid back the £167,944 he fraudently claimed and used to run his business, and has been given a 652-day sentence by Leeds magistrates.

In February 2008 he was jailed for three years. He was given a confiscation order in October 2008, giving him 12 months to pay back the money or face another two years in jail. When he appeared at Leeds magistrates last month, after being released early in May 2009, he had not repaid a penny.

He was told to reduce the price of his house – on the market for £560,000 – to a fair price.

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