Karen Jones, from Weston Rhyn, admitted two charges of failing to notify a change of circumstances which led to her working while falsely claiming £10,356 in income support over a period of three years.
She had jobs which would have affected her entitlement to income support. She had legitimately claimed benefit in 2003 but later failed to notify them that she had obtained work. The first offence was between December 2005 and November 2007, and the second between January 2008 and December the same year.
She said that her eldest son, now 23, had got into trouble with drugs and, as well as stealing from the home, had bullied her. He had since left the area and she had not seen him for two years. Her second son was autistic and needed a lot of attention. She could just not see a way out or her dilemma and last year she had left the family home.
She had obtained a good job as a planning administrator with a local company.
Magistrates gave Jones a community order for 12 months during which she will perform 200-hours of unpaid work. She was ordered to pay £75 prosecution costs.
The DWP had not applied to the court for compensation and magistrates said it was a matter between Jones and the department.
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