Tag: benefits

Imaginary family lands gambling addict in jail

Deadline News Journalist - November 5, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A MAN who made up an entire family and claimed to be fighting for custody of his kids to con a...

Lying mum pockets £22k in tax credits

Deadline News Journalist - June 23, 2009

By Lauren Crooks A MOTHER pretended her three children were severely disabled – so she could claim more than £20,000 in benefits. Sick Anne Marie Cockburn,...

Neighbours of Susan Boyle weigh in on the 2009 British budget

Deadline News Journalist - April 22, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond IN THE hometown of Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle yesterday, there was a mixed reaction to the Chancellors Budget as her...

St Monans is “community on the dole” 220

Deadline News Journalist - September 29, 2008

By Alexander Lawrie A PICTURESQUE seaside town has been slandered on a popular website – as a community on the dole. The people of St Monans,...

Charity fraudster pockets more than £1k 058

Deadline News Journalist - June 2, 2008

By Paul Thornton A HEARTLESS charity worker stole hundreds of pounds from the cancer shop she helped run. Hard-up Alexis Hughes, 40, pocketed over £1,000 of...

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