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Posted by: user276830 | Tue 11th Jan 2011 22:21 | Last Reply
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12162044
A former golf club captain who claimed £40,842 in disability allowance while playing up to four times a week has been given a suspended jail sentence.
Valerie Lewis, 55, of Runcorn in Cheshire, claimed she could barely walk but was filmed playing at Sutton Hall Golf Club.
Lewis, of Picton Avenue, pleaded guilty at Warrington Crown Court to failing to report a change in her circumstances.
She was sentenced to 24 weeks in prison, suspended for two years.
The court heard that she had received Disability Living Allowance (DLA) since March 2001, before she was caught by surveillance in November 2008.
In statements supporting her claim, Lewis told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that walking outdoors was virtually impossible and she needed support getting in and out of bed and the bath.
