A woman has been charged in connection with the death of a child in 2013. One-year-old Harry Aspley became unwell at his home address in Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire, and was taken to hospital on March 26. He died on April 1. Following a lengthy and complex police investigation, a 43-year-old woman has been charged with…
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Mum of five spared jail term after claiming over £34,000 in benefits
A mum of five has been spared a jail term after admitting two offences of benefit fraud that spanned seven years. Marie Bryan, 34, of Southside Drive, Braunstone, Leicester, netted more than £34,000 in benefits from Blaby District Council and the Department for Work and Pensions, claiming she was an unemployed single parent. Leicester Crown…
Benefit fraudster must work for free
A woman who falsely claimed benefits for almost three years has been given a 12 month community order and told to do 180 hours unpaid work. Sharon Colegrove, of Blaby Road, Enderby, was sentenced at Hinckley Magistrates Court on June 20 after pleading guilty to benefit fraud at an earlier hearing. She was also ordered…
Benefit cheat to work for community
Originally published 16th January 2011 A benefit cheat who falsely claimed nearly £3,000 in benefit has been given a 12 month community order. Between March and December 2009, Shayne Webster of Arden Avenue, Braunstone failed to notify Blaby District Council or the Department of Work and Pensions that he was working. As a result, he…