49-year-old Rebecca Peach claimed that she could hardly walk, and thus, bagged nearly £45,000 under incapacity and disability benefits for more than five years.
She now faces jail time after a secret camera captured her playing bowls and going up and down the stairs.
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Investigators from the Department of Work and Pensions acted on a tip-off and secretly captured her on camera playing bowls without any sign of pain or discomfort.
The video was shot at the Amery Unionist Bowling Club, located in Coppice Lane.
It shows Peach going around the perimeter of the yard, bending down to the bowl, jogging up the stairs, and even happily punching the air in victory.
At the Wolverhampton Crown Court, Peach nearly broke down in tears and admitted that she was disabled for almost fifteen months, while she continued to enjoy the benefits for an additional five and a half years.
She pleaded guilty and disclosed that she continued to live off the taxpayer’s money with the intention of making a living for herself.
It was further known that all these while she was playing for nearly four days every week and had even participated in local bowling leagues in South Staffordshire and Wolverhampton.
Mr. Jamie Scott, the prosecutor argued that she continued to receive fraudulent payments from 9th March 2011 to 29th November 2017.
The defense team argued that the sum should be less because the fraud only began on 23rd July 2012. Peach was released on bail and would be sentenced to imprisonment in April.
The Department of Work and Pensions mentioned in this regard that only a small percentage of benefit claimants were able to defraud like that and the authorities are determined to bring such people to book by improving surveillance and taking the help of local councils.
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