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There is absolutely nothing from another location unusual about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached home on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.
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And to the common eye, Lloyd looks like a typical middle-aged mum who works tirelessly to look after her sick spouse.
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So it was to the large shock of neighbours when authorities descended on their driveway to raid the couple's St Helens home.
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Hiding behind the household's net drapes was in truth a [decade-long web](https://www.aws-properties.com) of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer cash.
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Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned this week over a string of untruths consisting of utilizing a dead female's identity, making up 'phony' medical conditions for her child, and creating pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.
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Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise imprisoned after the set's massive advantages scams was [lastly exposed](https://www.phoenixpropertymanagement.co.nz).
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While the [couple managed](https://www.proptisgh.com) to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for several years - neighbours have revealed to MailOnline the apparent ideas that the couple were running a scam.
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Angela Lloyd [defrauded](https://seedrealty.in) the [taxpayer](https://remaxjungle.com) of ₤ 170k over a duration of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives revealed a web of lies including the development of pseudonyms to declare advantages
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The fraudster next door: The presuming semi-detached home Lloyd had actually moved into with Phillips. Phillips had actually stopped working to divulge this to the council when she relocated in 2018
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Phillips pictured in an Assistance for Heroes hoodie throughout a street party held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is said to have actually played a DJ set at the event
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Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were stressed for the couple after Phillips was seen looking very frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stick to satisfy his carers.
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But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times found washing his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street celebration for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
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Locals also informed of how there was 'constantly something dodgy' about Lloyd, and that she would never ever look people 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would leave to on the weekends.
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Lloyd was sentenced to 2 years after Liverpool Crown Court discovered she fraudulently took almost ₤ 170,000 in benefits over a years, and also helped Phillips incorrectly declare advantages worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.
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When neighbours saw them leaving among their two cars previously this week, they believed they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, only to find they were going to prison.
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One neighbour told MailOnline of the couple: 'I believed they were dodgy as he made a real show of not being able to walk whenever his carers were here.
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'He was shuffling along and keeping his vehicles in the driveway before he took a very long time to get to his carer's automobile on his strolling stick.
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'But the next thing I saw him cleaning his BMW in the driveway - he seemed to be strolling great then.
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'And he did a DJ set for the Queen's Jubilee party back in 2022. He had all the speakers out and everything.
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'But after the authorities raid, they ended up being more reserved and didn't say a lot to individuals.
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'There was constantly something dodgy about her - she wouldn't look people in the eye and boasted about going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan however would never say where it was.
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'They would take her teenage son and go away on a Thursday night and not get home up until Sunday.'
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Phillips had [fraudulently declared](https://vipnekretnine.hr) ₤ 100k in PIP, housing benefits, work assistance allowance and council tax decreases that he was not qualified for. Neighbours told of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a walking stick' in the presence of carers, but at other times was seen 'walking great'
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Following the police raid on the quiet suburban street, neighbours were left with questions as to why the couple had been jailed - and some declare Lloyd had later informed them it was down to pet breeding.
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But these concerns were lastly put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had actually claimed a total of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not received in [housing](https://dngeislgeijx.homes) benefits, carers allowance and personal independence payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.
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With the assistance of Lloyd, Phillips was also discovered to have actually illegally claimed ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing advantages, work support allowance and council tax reductions since 2018.
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Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, detailed how the mother's intricate fraud started when she falsely began claiming housing advantages for a caravan on Walk in Southport - which was found to be a 'fictitious address'.
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She even made a fake occupancy contract for the 'completely fictitious caravan', ultimately pocketing ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent residence.
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Then in 2018, she started making fraudulent claims that her partner required 'numerous day-to-day carers to take care of his requirements'. She went as far as utilizing Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to impersonate his brother or sister and claim that she was his primary carer.
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She also lied that she was unable to work due to being a full-time carer, but was found to have actually been working under an incorrect identity Wendy Lloyd at care company Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.
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In 2022, she started creating 'false medical conditions' for her boy, declaring she had actually a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead lady's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in incorrect special needs living allowance overpayments were declared in relation to this.
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She again utilized the departed lady's name as being her social employee to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, mentioning that she needed carers due to ['health conditions'](https://www.villabooking.ru).
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Neighbours informed of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret area that she never exposed, and would say they were going to remain at the caravan from Thursday to Sunday
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One neighbour said they saw the couple leaving on of their vehicles earlier this week and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later on discover they were off to prison
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When MailOnline checked out Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he showed Lloyd, neighbours exposed how the couple and her boy would allegedly go off to a caravan on the weekends.
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It is not understood whether this was the very same 'fictitious caravan' which transpired to have actually never existed, or a certainly a separate, real caravan.
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Leni Newton, 63, stated: 'She informed individuals that the cops raid was because someone had actually informed on her for breeding border collie pups without a licence.
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'I'm stunned they've been imprisoned. I believed they were all above board.
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'I just saw them a few days ago loading up suitcases - I thought they were simply going to their caravan.'
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She added: 'I understand they met as she was his carer. He was married however Angela relocated. I believed she had actually lived in Southport.
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'I did see his ex-wife parked up in the street seeing his home when they split.
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'She was clearly spying on them.'
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Her partner David Manchester, 70, stated: 'It's a big surprise they appeared to be living a double life.
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'There were a great deal of police came here.
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'He was at the street party for the Queen but other times he did appear really frail.'
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Hand in Hand homecare agency validated to MailOnline that Lloyd had authentic referrals, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.
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A spokesman said: 'We sacked her right away when we discovered the reality.
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'All her DBS and [recommendations inspected](https://www.bgrealtylv.com) out. The cops said we had done absolutely nothing incorrect.'
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The court heard how Phillips also defrauded cash from the general public purse by stopping working to divulge the fact that Lloyd had actually moved into his home in 2018 - permitting him to continue declaring more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax decreases.
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He is likewise said to have actually 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and need for care, specifying that he was not able to do anything for himself.
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He stated himself 'unfit for work' and failed to discuss his spouse's wage - illegally swiping ₤ 51k in work support allowance.
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However, Phillips alleged that Lloyd had actually completed the kind and had simply 'asked him to sign it'.
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Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'intricate recent history' of psychological health and specials needs including neurological condition, stress and anxiety and anxiety.
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He was also said to have actually a pacemaker fitted and appeared in court in a wheelchair.
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While Phillips had no previous convictions relating to similar matters, however Lloyd's criminal record reveals previous entries for theft and dishonesty offenses dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last appearance was in 2012.
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Lloyd was imprisoned for two years after confessing 7 counts of scams by incorrect representation, and Phillips was also seen cleaning back tears as he was imprisoned for 20 months for scams by false representation and three counts of dishonestly failing to disclose [details](http://tv.houseslands.com) to make a gain.
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Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC stated: 'Over an 11-year duration, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, managed to defraud the public of just short of ₤ 170,000 and you, Lee Phillips, of about ₤ 100,000. In your case, Mr Phillips, over a five-year period, you had about ₤ 20,000 each year which you defrauded from the general public.
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'For those who seek to defraud the public of scarce and valuable advantages which need to be directed to those who need them, not those who simply want to have them for factors of individual greed, that is a [severe offence](https://jassbrar.ca) dedicated by each of you over a long period of time.'
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