A Bromsgrove woman has been sentenced to a 12 month community order, including 200 hours of unpaid work, by magistrates after pleading guilty to benefit fraud.
June Gilhespie was convicted at Kidderminster Magistrates Court on January 23 on two charges of failing to inform the Department for Work and Pensions and Bromsgrove District Council that she was in paid employment, while she claimed benefits from both organisations.
The court heard she continued to claim £13,628 in housing and council tax benefits from Bromsgrove District Council and £7,000 in Incapacity Benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over a two year period from November 2009.
She was sentenced by magistrates to a 12 month community order including 200 hours of unpaid work, and ordered to pay £100 in costs. The overpaid benefits will be recovered.
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