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    Suspended sentence for £24,000 benefits fraud

    A benefits fraudster who wrongly claimed more than £24,000 has been given a suspended jail sentence.

    47 year old Emma Hearnden of Croit E Caley in Colby admitted six counts of benefits fraud, by failing to declare money for rent she'd been given by her ex-husband.

    As a result, she was overpaid £24,236.

    Magistrates imposed a 20-week jail term suspended for 18 months.

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