Reply to: Corpse benefits woman jailed

[PRC1964]

At least she's been given a stiff sentance..

Yes, 6 months to rest in peace at HM's pleasure.

[shaunbhoy]

Agreed - that's certainly how the article reads.

Someone with the wisdom of Solomon might have suggested that she be incarcerated with the corpse of her mother. Upon her release, if she had not arranged formal burial of her mother's remains in short order, then bang the two of them up again for a bit longer.

[KentPhilip]

BBC News - Grandmother's corpse Wirral benefits fraud woman jailed

At least she's been given a stiff sentance..

[dang65]

Labour encouraged benefits culture and created a generation of zombies

*re-reads story*

[NickFitz]

Chavs can read?

A TV actor and an artist? Are such people counted as "chavs" nowadays? I'd describe them as middle class.

Seems like they live in quite a nice area too.

[PinkPoshRat]

what ever happened to yuppys?

[NotAllThere]

Yes we can, but thanks for asking.

Chavs can be courteous?

[Zippy]

Chavs can read?

Yes we can, but thanks for asking.

[MarillionFan]

Perhaps they could share a cell with Grandma.

Another shocking example of the benefits culture spawned by Thatcher and Major. Whole communities thrown onto the dole and them moved onto the scrapheap of sickness benefit to massage the unemployment figures.

Right on brother.

Its all Maggies fault.

Maggie, Maggie, Maggie!
Out,out,out!!

That's it everyone, were on strike.

[Old Greg]

Perhaps they could share a cell with Grandma.

Another shocking example of the benefits culture spawned by Thatcher and Major. Whole communities thrown onto the dole and them moved onto the scrapheap of sickness benefit to massage the unemployment figures.

[NotAllThere]

Chavs can read?

[Clippy]

Maybe she's been jailed for not burying the corpse. The benefit fraud seems minor.

Agreed - that's certainly how the article reads.

[wim121]

It may not be fraud over a prolonged period, but still fraud. Money SHE WASNT entitled to, no matter whether it's done once or throughout a lifetime. Once a thief, always a thief ...


What I get worried over is newspaper articles about it. Gives chavs ideas! Remember at the start of 2011, that mother inventing extra kids for welfare? Same thing again in the papers this week.

[NotAllThere]

Maybe she's been jailed for not burying the corpse. The benefit fraud seems minor.

[MarillionFan]

Well, I was going to disagree with you until I read the actual report which said

"
The court was told that she fraudulently obtained one payment of her dead mother's state pension of £176.92 and a single payment of pension credit of £34.44."

Which in truth, doesn't really show a systematic fraud. So I agree with you. Seems stupid in this case.