Lottery winner continued to claim UK benefits
A lottery winner kept on claiming benefits after scooping a £300,000 jackpot. Lesley Thomas, 49, didn’t tell the authorities about her windfall and kept claiming housing benefit and employment and support allowance as before. The total overpayment was more than £17,988, Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday. Prosecutor Monique McKevitt said: ‘[Ms Thomas] received a […]
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