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There is absolutely nothing from another location out of the regular about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached house on a quiet cul-de-sac in Merseyside.
And to the common eye, Lloyd appears like a normal middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to look after her sick husband.
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So it was to the large shock of neighbours when cops came down on their driveway to rob the couple's St Helens home.
Hiding behind the family's net curtains remained in truth a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.
Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was jailed today over a string of untruths including using a dead woman's identity, comprising 'bogus' medical conditions for her child, and developing pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.
Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise jailed after the set's enormous advantages fraud was finally exposed.
While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for several years - neighbours have exposed to MailOnline the apparent ideas that the couple were running a rip-off.
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 development of pseudonyms to claim benefits
The scammer next door: The presuming semi-detached house Lloyd had moved into with Phillips. Phillips had working to disclose this to the council when she moved in in 2018
Phillips pictured in a Help for Heroes hoodie during a street party held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is stated to have played a DJ set at the event
Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were worried for the couple after Phillips was seen looking really frail as he would 'hobble' on his strolling adhere to meet his carers.
But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times identified cleaning his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street party for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Locals also told of how there was 'always something dodgy' about Lloyd, which she would never look individuals 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would get away to on the weekends.
Lloyd was sentenced to two years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently took nearly ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a decade, and likewise helped Phillips falsely claim advantages worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.
When neighbours saw them packing up among their two vehicles earlier today, they believed they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, just to discover they were going to jail.
One neighbour told MailOnline of the couple: 'I thought they were dodgy as he made a genuine program of not being able to stroll whenever his carers were here.
'He was shuffling along and keeping his automobiles in the driveway before he took a very long time to get to his carer's automobile on his strolling stick.
'But the next thing I saw him cleaning his BMW in the driveway - he seemed to be strolling fine then.
'And he did a DJ set for the Queen's Jubilee celebration back in 2022. He had all the speakers out and whatever.
'But after the authorities raid, they ended up being more reserved and didn't say a lot to individuals.
'There was constantly something dodgy about her - she wouldn't look people in the eye and extolled going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan however would never ever state where it was.
'They would take her teenage kid and disappear on a Thursday night and not get home till Sunday.'
Phillips had fraudulently declared ₤ 100k in PIP, housing benefits, employment assistance allowance and council tax decreases that he was not eligible for. Neighbours informed of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the existence of carers, but at other times was seen 'walking fine'
Following the police raid secret rural street, neighbours were left with questions regarding why the couple had actually been arrested - and some allege Lloyd had later informed them it was down to pet breeding.
But these questions were finally put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had actually declared an overall of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not received in housing benefits, carers allowance and individual independence payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.
With the help of Lloyd, Phillips was also discovered to have actually illegally declared ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing advantages, employment support allowance and council tax reductions since 2018.
Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, outlined how the mother's sophisticated fraud started when she wrongly started claiming housing benefits for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was discovered to be a 'fictitious address'.
She even made a fake tenancy contract for the 'totally fictitious caravan', eventually 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 other half needed 'numerous day-to-day carers to take care of his needs'. She reached utilizing Phillips' sister Zoe's birth certificate to posture as his sibling and claim that she was his main carer.
She also lied that she was unable to work due to being a full-time carer, but was discovered to have been working under an incorrect identity Wendy Lloyd at care company Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.
In 2022, she began creating 'incorrect medical conditions' for her son, claiming she had actually a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead lady's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in false disability living allowance overpayments were declared in relation to this.
She again used the deceased woman's name as being her social employee to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, mentioning that she required carers due to 'health conditions'.
Neighbours informed of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret area that she never exposed, 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 vehicles earlier this week and presumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later discover out they were off to jail
When MailOnline checked out Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he shared with Lloyd, neighbours revealed how the couple and her child would allegedly go off to a caravan on the weekends.
It is not known whether this was the very same 'fictitious caravan' which took place to have actually never existed, or a certainly a different, genuine caravan.
Leni Newton, 63, said: 'She told people that the authorities raid was because someone had actually informed on her for breeding border collie young puppies without a licence.
'I'm surprised they have actually been jailed. I thought they were all above board.
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'I only saw them a couple of days ago loading up luggage - I thought they were just going to their caravan.'
She included: 'I understand they satisfied as she was his carer. He was wed but Angela relocated. I believed she had lived in Southport.
'I did see his ex-wife parked up in the street enjoying his home when they split.
'She was clearly 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 lot of police came here.
'He was at the street celebration for the Queen but other times he did appear really frail.'
Hand in Hand homecare agency validated to MailOnline that Lloyd had bona fide references, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.
A representative said: 'We sacked her immediately when we discovered out the reality.
'All her DBS and references took a look at. The police stated we had not done anything wrong.'
The court heard how Phillips also deceived money from the public bag by failing to reveal the reality that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - enabling him to continue claiming more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.
He is likewise said to have actually 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and need for care, specifying that he was not able to do anything for himself.
He stated himself 'unsuited for work' and stopped working to mention his spouse's wage - unlawfully stealing ₤ 51k in employment support allowance.
However, Phillips declared that Lloyd had finished the form and had just 'asked him to sign it'.
Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'intricate recent history' of psychological health and impairments consisting of neurological disorder, anxiety and depression.
He was also said to have actually a pacemaker fitted and appeared in court in a wheelchair.
While Phillips had no previous convictions associating with similar matters, however Lloyd's rap sheet shows previous entries for theft and dishonesty offenses dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last look remained in 2012.
Lloyd was imprisoned for two years after confessing 7 counts of fraud by incorrect representation, and Phillips was likewise seen wiping back tears as he was imprisoned for 20 months for scams by incorrect representation and 3 counts of dishonestly stopping working to reveal details to make a gain.
Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC stated: 'Over an 11-year duration, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, managed to defraud the general public of just except ₤ 170,000 and you, Lee Phillips, of about ₤ 100,000. In your case, Mr Phillips, over a five-year period, you had about ₤ 20,000 annually which you defrauded from the general public.
'For those who look for to defraud the public of scarce and important advantages which need to be directed to those who need them, not those who just want to have them for reasons of personal greed, that is a major offence committed by each of you over an extended period of time.'
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