Zabina Kousar from Rochdale dishonestly failed to declare she owned a second a property on three separate occasions dating back to 2006, whilst claiming Income Support, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit.

Kousar pleaded guilty to three offences of dishonestly making a false statement in order to obtain benefit. Due to the amount of money she had claimed and the length of time in which the dishonestly had taken place, she was given a 12 month community order to undertake 80 hours of unpaid work. In addition she was ordered to pay £250 in costs and will have to repay the £6968 that she fraudulently received.