A convent worker who used a string of false names to claim nearly £30,000 in benefits has narrowly avoided jail.
Posted by: Anon, London on 8:31pm Tue 12 Feb 08
What an absoloute joke! No wonder people abuse the benefits system. If the courts give them the punishment they deserve it might deter others from stealing government money. As a taxpayer I am fed up with paying for these people. If someone stole that money from a bank they would be in prison. I'd like to know what those magistrates were thinking when they sentenced her.....
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