(Image: MEN MEDIA)It was imposed by Judge Andrew Woolman at Preston Crown Court, after she flouted the suspended jail term she had been given at Burnley Crown Court in January last year. She also made an application for housing benefit, on October 3, 2008. Mr Goode said Alcock was overpaid tax credits to the tune of £58,721.91 and housing benefit in the sum of £22,856.29. There was a two month period for housing benefit where the Crown accept it was legitimate, but thereafter the deception begins." Sentencing, Recorder Simon Hilton had told Alcock: "A suspended sentence order is justified, notwithstanding the gravity of the offences."

Source: Daily Mirror September 07, 2018 18:22 UTC