How Ordinary Housewife but Was Running Secret ₤ 270k Benefits Scam
There is absolutely nothing from another location unusual about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached house on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.
And to the common eye, Lloyd looks like a typical middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to care for her ill hubby.
So it was to the sheer shock of neighbours when authorities came down on their driveway to raid the couple's St Helens home.
Hiding behind the family's net drapes remained in reality a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.
Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned today over a string of untruths consisting of using a dead lady's identity, comprising 'phony' medical conditions for her kid, and developing pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.
Husband Phillips, 54, was also imprisoned after the pair's massive advantages fraud was lastly exposed.
While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for years - neighbours have actually exposed to MailOnline the obvious hints that the couple were running a scam.
Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a duration of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives uncovered a web of lies consisting of the production of pseudonyms to claim benefits
The scammer next door: The assuming semi-detached home Lloyd had actually moved into with Phillips. Phillips had stopped working to disclose this to the council when she relocated in 2018
Phillips visualized in an Aid for Heroes hoodie during a street party held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is said to have actually played a DJ set at the occasion
Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were fretted for the couple after Phillips was seen looking really frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stick to fulfill his carers.
There is absolutely nothing from another location unusual about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached house on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.
And to the common eye, Lloyd looks like a typical middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to care for her ill hubby.
So it was to the sheer shock of neighbours when authorities came down on their driveway to raid the couple's St Helens home.
Hiding behind the family's net drapes remained in reality a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.
Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned today over a string of untruths consisting of using a dead lady's identity, comprising 'phony' medical conditions for her kid, and developing pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.
Husband Phillips, 54, was also imprisoned after the pair's massive advantages fraud was lastly exposed.
While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for years - neighbours have actually exposed to MailOnline the obvious hints that the couple were running a scam.
Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a duration of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives uncovered a web of lies consisting of the production of pseudonyms to claim benefits
The scammer next door: The assuming semi-detached home Lloyd had actually moved into with Phillips. Phillips had stopped working to disclose this to the council when she relocated in 2018
Phillips visualized in an Aid for Heroes hoodie during a street party held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is said to have actually played a DJ set at the occasion
Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were fretted for the couple after Phillips was seen looking really frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stick to fulfill his carers.