David Packer, 46, appeared at Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court charged with three counts of dishonestly failing to give prompt notification about a change in circumstances affecting his entitlement to a benefit.
He was overpaid £3675 housing benefit and £946 council tax benefit by St Edmundsbury Borough Council and £3859 in income support from Job Centre Plus.
He has been sentenced to 12 weeks’ custody for each of the three offences to run concurrently. In 2006, Packer claimed income support from Job Centre Plus and housing and council tax benefits from St Edmundsbury Borough Council.
However, between November 6, 2006, and April 8, 2007, Packer was working for Atlantic Chauffeuring and Milton Cars, but neither Job Centre Plus nor St Edmundsbury Borough Council were informed.
In May 2007 his wife began work at Careforce, of Haverhill, but this change of circumstance was not notified. Packer also had an undeclared bank account. On February 7, 2008, and on December 9, 2009, Packer was interviewed by benefit fraud investigators. He eventually admitted that he had dishonestly failed to declare the bank account and the work.
- So what took so long?
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