COUNCIL WORKER'S pounds 47,000 FRAUD.A COUNCIL youth worker who pretended pre·tend·ed adj. 1. Not genuine or sincere; feigned: a pretended interest in the proceedings. 2. Supposed; alleged: the pretended heir to the throne. she was unemployed to swindle swindle v. to cheat through trick, device, false statements or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another to which the swindler is not entitled. Swindling is a crime as one form of theft. (See: fraud, theft) nearly pounds 47,000 has been spared prison. For more than nine years, Patricia Finnegan claimed she wasn't working to claim income support and later incapacity benefit This is a United Kingdom state benefit intended for those below the State Pension age who cannot work because of illness or disability. The benefit is administered by Jobcentre Plus (an executive agency of the Department for Work and Pensions). . But Liverpool crown court heard the whole time the 47-year-old mum was employed as a youth worker with Knowsley council. Judge Adrian Lyon agreed to suspend a 39-week prison sentence for 18 months after learning Finnegan of Coronation Drive, Prescot, had only been working seven hours a week. Prosecutor Charlotte Atherton told the court Finnegan said she was suffering from arthritis and depression. But Miss Atherton told the court Finnegan had been employed by the council on a part-time basis since October 1992. Judge Lyon also ordered Finnegan, who admitted six benefit charges, to 12 months supervision. |
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