Cheat couple's pounds 69,000 haul.A HUSBAND and wife have been convicted of raking in pounds 69,000 in disability benefits while they continued to work. Gypsy Dowley, 47, of Camillus Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, said he could not stand for long without crutches because of a knee injury but continued to work as a bouncer and debt collector debt collector n → cobrador(a) m/f de deudas debt collector n → agent m de recouvrements debt collector debt n . He was jailed for nine months at Stokeon-Trent Crown Court after admitting six charges of fraudulently claiming 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). totalling pounds 26,414. His wife, Lisa, 39, is awaiting sentence after she admitted dishonestly claiming up to pounds 43,420 while she made money at her car boot stall. |
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