A lying Liverpool children’s entertainer and Commonwealth gymnastics champion who pocketed thousands of pounds after insisting he could hardly walk was caught out red-handed on camera.
Well-known David Simpson cheated the system by claiming up to £34,000 over a 17-year period.
For nearly two decades, he pretended he was a virtual invalid and amassed a small fortune.
The performer went under the alias of Wavey Davey and was a household name in the city for youngsters’ parties.
Once a supple sporting star, Wavey Davey also bagged a silver medal in gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games after the Edinburgh event was boycotted in 1986 because of apartheid.
But by the early 1990s, the 45-year-old had claimed his mobility was so bad he could only walk 20 yards over a few minutes.
He insisted that a road traffic accident had left him with injuries that meant it was extremely difficult to get around.
But Simpson’s swindle was exposed after he was secretly filmed exercising as a city council gym instructor.
Unbeknown to him, Wavey Davey was also recorded while he performed at children’s parties where he specialised in juggling and balloon making.
He will be sentenced next month.
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