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Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council,
Town Hall, Coton Road,
Nuneaton, Warwickshire,
CV11 5AA
Town Hall, Coton Road,
Nuneaton, Warwickshire,
CV11 5AA
Tel: 024 7637 6376
Couple Jailed For Blatant Housing Benefit Deception
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After a court trial at the Nuneaton Justice Centre that lasted for 3 days, a Nuneaton couple have been jailed for 16 weeks each because they failed to declare that they were partners.
Donna Morgan declared to the Council’s Housing Benefits Unit that she was a single mother working part time, paying rent to her landlord David Tully for his property at The Raywoods, when in fact they were living together as a couple.
The deception went on between March 2001 and October 2004 and the overpayment of Housing Benefit was calculated at nearly £10,500.
District Judge Gasgoine stated in his summing up that “this was a blatant fraud carried out over a considerable period of time.” Tully earned £500 per week net whilst Morgan received Tax Credits and wages of up to £900 a month yet had the rent paid for by the Council.
Steve Nott, the Corporate Services Director, says:
‘This case demonstrates the very serious consequences if people fail to declare their true circumstances to the Council. We want people to receive the benefits they are entitled to but I must stress the importance of letting the Council know all facts relating to their claims’
