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There is absolutely nothing from another location unusual about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' [semi-detached](https://zenithdreamhomes.com) house on a quiet cul-de-sac in Merseyside.
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And to the common eye, Lloyd appears like a normal middle-aged mum who works tirelessly to take care of her sick partner.
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So it was to the sheer shock of neighbours when cops came down on their driveway to rob the couple's St Helens home.
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Hiding behind the family's net curtains remained in reality a [decade-long web](https://listin.my) of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.
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Lloyd, 58, cried 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned today over a string of untruths consisting of using a dead female's identity, comprising 'bogus' medical conditions for her boy, and producing pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.
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Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise imprisoned after the set's enormous benefits scams was finally exposed.
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While the couple handled to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for many years - neighbours have revealed to MailOnline the apparent ideas that the couple were running a rip-off.
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Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a period of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives uncovered a web of lies consisting of the creation of pseudonyms to [declare](https://onedayproperty.net) benefits
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The next door: The presuming semi-detached house Lloyd had moved into with Phillips. [Phillips](https://trinidadrealestate.co.tt) had actually failed to disclose this to the [council](https://ansambluriblocuri.ro) when she relocated in 2018
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Phillips imagined in an Aid for Heroes hoodie during a street party held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is stated to have actually played a DJ set at the event
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Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were worried for the couple after Phillips was seen looking very frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking adhere to meet his carers.
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But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times identified washing his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their [street celebration](https://www.byellowstone.com) for the late Queen's Diamond [Jubilee](https://cvimmo.lu).
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Locals also informed of how there was 'always something dodgy' about Lloyd, which she would never ever look individuals 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would get away to on the weekends.
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Lloyd was sentenced to 2 years after Liverpool Crown Court discovered she fraudulently swiped almost ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a decade, and likewise helped Phillips incorrectly claim advantages worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.
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When neighbours saw them loading up one of their 2 automobiles earlier today, 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](https://rizpropertygroup.com) told MailOnline of the couple: 'I believed they were dodgy as he made a genuine show of not being able to walk whenever his carers were here.
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'He was shuffling along and [keeping](https://aaronguglani.com) his cars and trucks in the driveway before he took a long period of time to get to his carer's automobile on his walking stick.
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'But the next thing I saw him washing his BMW in the driveway - he seemed to be walking fine then.
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'And he did a DJ set for the Queen's Jubilee celebration back in 2022. He had all the speakers out and everything.
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'But after the police raid, they ended up being more reserved and didn't state a lot to individuals.
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'There was constantly something dodgy about her - she would not look people in the eye and bragged about going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan but would never say where it was.
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'They would take her teenage boy and go away on a Thursday night and not get back until Sunday.'
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Phillips had fraudulently declared ₤ 100k in PIP, housing advantages, employment assistance allowance and council tax reductions that he was not eligible for. Neighbours informed of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a walking stick' in the existence of carers, but at other times was seen 'walking fine'
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Following the police raid secret rural street, neighbours were left with concerns regarding why the couple had been arrested - and some declare Lloyd had later told them it was down to dog breeding.
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But these concerns were lastly laid to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had actually claimed an overall of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not gotten approved for in housing benefits, carers allowance and personal self-reliance payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.
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With the assistance of Lloyd, Phillips was also discovered to have illegally declared ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing advantages, employment support allowance and council tax reductions given that 2018.
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Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, outlined how the mom's sophisticated scam began when she falsely began declaring housing benefits for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was found to be a 'fictitious address'.
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She even made a phony occupancy contract for the 'totally fictitious caravan', ultimately stealing ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent residence.
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Then in 2018, she began making fraudulent claims that her other half needed 'several daily carers to take care of his requirements'. She reached using Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to present as his sibling and claim that she was his main carer.
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She likewise lied that she was unable to work due to being a full-time carer, however was found to have actually been working under an incorrect identity Wendy Lloyd at care business Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.
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In 2022, she began developing 'false medical conditions' for her kid, declaring she had a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead female's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in false special needs living allowance overpayments were claimed in relation to this.
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She again utilized the deceased lady's name as being her social employee to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, specifying that she needed carers due to 'health conditions'.
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Neighbours informed of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret location 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 stated they saw the couple loading up on of their cars and trucks previously this week and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later discover out 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 child would allegedly go off to a caravan on the weekends.
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It is not known whether this was the same 'fictitious caravan' which took place to have never ever existed, or an undoubtedly a different, real caravan.
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Leni Newton, 63, stated: 'She told people that the cops raid was since somebody had actually informed on her for breeding border collie young puppies without a licence.
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'I'm surprised they've been imprisoned. I believed they were all above board.
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'I just saw them a few days ago packing up suitcases - I believed they were simply going to their caravan.'
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She added: 'I understand they fulfilled as she was his carer. He was wed however Angela moved in. I thought she had actually lived in Southport.
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'I did see his ex-wife parked up in the street enjoying his home when they split.
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'She was undoubtedly 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 cops came here.
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'He was at the street celebration for the Queen however other times he did appear very frail.'
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Hand in Hand homecare firm validated to MailOnline that Lloyd had bona fide references, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.
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A spokesperson said: 'We sacked her right away when we discovered the fact.
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'All her DBS and referrals examined out. The cops said we had actually not done anything wrong.'
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The court heard how Phillips likewise duped money from the public handbag by failing to disclose the reality that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - allowing him to continue claiming 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 require for care, specifying that he was not able to do anything for himself.
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He declared himself 'unfit for work' and stopped working to mention his spouse's wage - unlawfully pocketing ₤ 51k in employment assistance allowance.
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However, Phillips declared that Lloyd had actually finished the form and had simply 'asked him to sign it'.
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Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complex recent history' of mental health and specials needs consisting of neurological condition, stress and anxiety and depression.
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He was also said to have a pacemaker fitted and [appeared](https://www.propndealsgoa.com) in court in a wheelchair.
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While Phillips had no previous convictions connecting to comparable matters, however Lloyd's rap sheet reveals previous entries for theft and dishonesty offenses dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last look was in 2012.
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Lloyd was jailed for two years after admitting seven counts of scams by false 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 divulge details 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 simply except ₤ 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 per year which you defrauded from the general public.
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'For those who look for to defraud the general public of scarce and important benefits which require to be directed to those who need them, not those who simply want to have them for factors of personal greed, that is a major offence dedicated by each of you over a long duration of time.'
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