Court Case Result - Criminal Sentence
- Country
- England & Wales
- Hearing Date
- 15 February 2013
- Court Location
- Winchester Crown Court
- Judge
- Judge Guy Boney
- Case Number
- U20130433
- Name
- Data Anonymised
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Co-Defendant/s
- No
Offence/s
Sentencing Considerations
- Similar/relevant previous convictions
- Yes
Sentencing Details
- Total Sentence
- 6 Months
- Likely Release / Eligibility Date
- 16/5/2013
- Sentenced Upon
- Guilty Plea
- Distinguishing Features / Details
- She pleaded guilty to benefit fraud between 2001 and 2011, after she claimed more than £85,000 in benefits stating that
she lived alone when she was living with her husband.
The judge said: "I understand really clearly the difficulties your family face and the fact that the sentence I have to pass upon you will bear hard on them as well as you... The fact of the matter is that if the public see that somebody can defraud the benefit system of a sum approaching £100,000 without there being an immediate prison sentence, the effect on public morale or the public generally would be extremely undesirable. It would encourage people to think they can get away with it.†- Case Timeline
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Legal Teams & Authorities
- Barrister
- Rufus Alexander Ottley Taylor
- Police Area
- Wiltshire Police
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