A WOMAN who fraudulently claimed housing benefit and income support for 14 years is starting a 10-month prison sentence. Glastonbury resident Julie Rayner, of Windmill Hill Road, was jailed after pleading guilty to four counts of benefit fraud at Taunton Crown Court. Benefit inspectors said she had defrauded the taxpayer of more than £167,000. Rayner, 50, made a claim for income support and housing benefit on the basis that she was a single parent in 2000. But she admitted that her...
Reported by Central Somerset Gazette 17 hours ago.
A WOMAN who fraudulently claimed housing benefit and income support for 14 years is starting a 10-month prison sentence. Glastonbury resident Julie Rayner, of Windmill Hill Road, was jailed after pleading guilty to four counts of benefit fraud at Taunton Crown Court. Benefit inspectors said she had defrauded the taxpayer of more than £167,000. Rayner, 50, made a claim for income support and housing benefit on the basis that she was a single parent in 2000. But she admitted that her...
Reported by Central Somerset Gazette 17 hours ago.