Man who claimed false benefits jailed-after drunken rampage caught on cctv

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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Benefits-Cheat-Video-Man-Who-Claimed-21000-In-Disability-Benefit-Jailed-For-Drunken-Rampage/Article/201105315993686?f=rss

Timothy Harris, said he was unable to leave his house in Northampton without using a walking stick after a wall fell on him.

But CCTV in Northampton town centre showed thick-set Harris running through the streets while drunk and randomly attacking passers by.
During the 15-minute frenzy in January 2008, Harris was seen knocking people to the floor as he lashed out and punched a group of bystanders in the face.
He also battled with five policemen who arrived on the scene to arrest him.
Harris was given a suspended sentence for the incident but it prompted an investigation by the Department of Work and Pensions.
The probe found that between January 2006 and November 2010, the 46-year-old fraudulently claimed Income Support, Housing Benefit and Council Tax benefit.
He also received £54,729 in earnings which he failed to declare and claimed Disability Living Allowance.
During the hearing, the judge said he understood that the claims were not fraudulent from the outset.
But he explained: "If you start claiming benefits on the basis that you can hardly walk and you are busy seen running up the street, that is an outrageous fraud on the social security and should be measured as such."
The total loss to the public purse was £21,438.66, the court was told.

Proper order..

chin_grin

Oh Sky News you soooooo craaaaay-zeh.

hondasam

why would we care ?

GrizzlyMan

Did I read that right he was jailed for 15 months..................


"Harris was given a suspended sentence for the incident"

DeVore

He got a suspended sentence for the violently attacking several people... and 15 months for fraud.


Because money you see, is important


He got 15 months for 21k fraud, which he'll serve 8 months of unless he acts up again.... thats over 2.5k-a-month net. Any honest people out there who would want a 2.5k Stg job???

DeV.

Capt'n Midnight

DeVore wrote: »

He got 15 months for 21k fraud, which he'll serve 8 months of unless he acts up again.... thats over 2.5k-a-month net. Any honest people out there who would want a 2.5k Stg job???

DeV.

Of course if he had been a banker who defrauded by £21Bn he'd probably get the same sentence

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Of course if he had been a banker who defrauded by £21Bn he'd probably get the same sentence

He'd probably get a pat on the back.

Doom

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

He'd probably get a pat on the back.

He'll be put onto several state boards and a fat pension...this is the Irish way....:P