Joanne Andrews, from St Leonards, claimed income support, housing and council tax benefit as a single parent but had failed to tell the relevant authorities that she lived with her partner.
Andrews admitted the charges at Hastings Magistrates Court. The court heard she had claimed £5,506 in benefits.
Magistrates handed down a 12 month community order to the benefit thief which means she will have to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work. She was also ordered to repay the benefit and pay costs of £250.
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That sort of case should be dealt with a lot harder 60 hrs of unpayed she had planed this so it should be more that sort of money could have gone for a wheel chair in a hospital
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