There is nothing remotely out of the ordinary about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached home on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the typical eye, Lloyd appears like a typical middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to take care of her ill partner.

So it was to the large shock of neighbours when authorities descended on their driveway to raid the couple's St Helens home.

Hiding behind the household's net curtains remained in fact a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer cash.

Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned today over a string of untruths including using a dead woman's identity, making up 'phony' medical conditions for her boy, and developing pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.

Husband Phillips, 54, was also imprisoned after the pair's enormous advantages fraud was finally exposed.

While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for many years - neighbours have actually exposed to MailOnline the obvious ideas that the couple were running a fraud.

Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a period of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives revealed a web of lies consisting of the production of pseudonyms to claim benefits

The scammer next door: The assuming semi-detached house Lloyd had actually moved into with Phillips. Phillips had actually stopped working to reveal this to the council when she relocated in 2018

Phillips imagined in an Assistance for Heroes hoodie throughout a street celebration held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is said to have actually played a DJ set at the occasion

Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were worried for the couple after Phillips was seen looking extremely frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stick to meet his carers.

But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times spotted cleaning his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street party for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Locals also informed of how there was 'constantly something dodgy' about Lloyd, which she would never look individuals 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would leave to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to 2 years after Liverpool Crown Court discovered she fraudulently swiped almost ₤ 170,000 in benefits over a years, and also assisted Phillips wrongly claim advantages worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

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 jail.

One neighbour informed MailOnline of the couple: 'I thought they were dodgy as he made a genuine program of not being able to walk whenever his carers were here.

'He was shuffling along and holding onto his cars in the driveway before he took a long time to get to his carer's cars and truck on his strolling stick.

'But the next thing I saw him washing his BMW in the driveway - he appeared to be strolling fine then.

'And he did a DJ set for the Queen's Jubilee party back in 2022. He had all the speakers out and everything.

'But after the police raid, they became more reserved and didn't say a lot to individuals.

'There was constantly something dodgy about her - she would not look people in the eye and extolled going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan but would never state where it was.

'They would take her teenage son and disappear on a Thursday night and not come home till Sunday.'

Phillips had fraudulently claimed ₤ 100k in PIP, housing benefits, work assistance allowance and council tax reductions that he was not eligible for. Neighbours informed of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the presence of carers, but at other times was seen 'strolling fine'

Following the cops raid secret rural street, neighbours were left with concerns regarding why the couple had actually been apprehended - and some allege Lloyd had later informed them it was down to canine breeding.

But these questions were lastly put 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 advantages, carers allowance and individual independence payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was also found to have unlawfully declared ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing benefits, employment support allowance and council tax reductions because 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, outlined how the mom's elaborate rip-off began when she incorrectly started claiming housing advantages for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was found to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a phony tenancy arrangement for the 'entirely fictitious caravan', ultimately pocketing ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent home.

Then in 2018, she started making deceptive claims that her hubby required 'numerous daily carers to take care of his requirements'. She reached utilizing Phillips' sibling Zoe's to impersonate his sibling and claim that she was his main carer.

She likewise lied that she was unable to work due to being a full-time carer, however was found to have been working under a false identity Wendy Lloyd at care business Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

In 2022, she started inventing 'false medical conditions' for her son, claiming she had actually a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead female's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in false impairment living allowance overpayments were declared in relation to this.

She once again utilized the departed female's name as being her social employee to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, stating that she needed carers due to 'health conditions'.

Neighbours told of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret location that she never ever revealed, and would state they were going to remain at the caravan from Thursday to Sunday

One neighbour stated they saw the couple leaving on of their automobiles previously this week and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', just to later learn they were off to jail

When MailOnline visited Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he showed Lloyd, neighbours revealed how the couple and her kid would supposedly go off to a caravan on the weekends.

It is not understood whether this was the exact same 'fictitious caravan' which took place to have actually never existed, or a certainly a different, genuine caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, said: 'She told individuals that the cops raid was since someone had actually told on her for reproducing border collie pups without a licence.

'I'm stunned they have actually been jailed. I thought they were all above board.

'I just saw them a couple of days ago packing up travel suitcases - I believed they were simply going to their caravan.'

She included: 'I understand they fulfilled as she was his carer. He was married however Angela relocated. I thought she had actually lived in Southport.

'I did see his ex-wife parked up in the street enjoying his home when they divided.

'She was obviously spying on them.'

Her partner David Manchester, 70, said: 'It's a big surprise they appeared to be living a double life.

'There were a great deal of cops came here.

'He was at the street celebration for the Queen however other times he did appear really frail.'

Hand in Hand homecare agency confirmed to MailOnline that Lloyd had bona fide recommendations, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A representative stated: 'We sacked her instantly when we discovered the reality.

'All her DBS and references examined out. The cops stated we had actually done absolutely nothing wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips also tricked money from the general public purse by stopping working to disclose the reality that Lloyd had actually moved into his home in 2018 - allowing him to continue claiming more than ₤ 13k in housing advantages and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax decreases.

He is also said to have actually 'overemphasized' his medical conditions and require for care, mentioning that he was not able to do anything for himself.

He stated himself 'unfit for work' and stopped working to discuss his other half's wage - unlawfully stealing ₤ 51k in work support allowance.

However, Phillips alleged that Lloyd had completed the form and had simply 'asked him to sign it'.

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complex current history' of mental health and impairments including neurological disorder, stress and anxiety and anxiety.

He was likewise said to have actually a pacemaker fitted and appeared in court in a wheelchair.

While Phillips had no previous convictions connecting to comparable matters, however Lloyd's criminal record shows previous entries for theft and dishonesty offences dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last look was in 2012.

Lloyd was imprisoned for 2 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 fraud by false representation and 3 counts of dishonestly failing to disclose details to make a gain.

Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC stated: 'Over an 11-year duration, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled 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 duration, you had about ₤ 20,000 annually which you defrauded from the public.

'For those who look for to defraud the public of scarce and important advantages which need to be directed to those who require them, not those who merely wish to have them for factors of personal greed, that is a major offence devoted by each of you over an extended period of time.'
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