There is absolutely nothing from another location out of the regular about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached home on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the common eye, Lloyd appears like a typical middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to look after her ill husband.

So it was to the large shock of neighbours when authorities descended on their driveway to rob the couple's St Helens home.

Hiding behind the household's net curtains remained in fact a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.

Lloyd, 58, cried 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned today over a string of untruths consisting of utilizing a dead woman's identity, comprising 'phony' medical conditions for her son, and developing pseudonyms to work while declaring carers allowance.

Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise imprisoned after the set's huge benefits scams was lastly exposed.

While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for many years - neighbours have actually revealed to MailOnline the apparent clues that the couple were running a scam.

Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a period of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives discovered a web of lies consisting of the development of pseudonyms to claim advantages

The scammer next door: The presuming semi-detached house Lloyd had moved into with Phillips. Phillips had failed to divulge this to the council when she relocated in 2018

Phillips pictured in an Aid for Heroes hoodie throughout a street celebration held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is stated to have played a DJ set at the occasion
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Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were stressed for the couple after Phillips was seen looking really frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stay with meet his carers.

But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times spotted washing his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street celebration for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Locals likewise told of how there was 'always something dodgy' about Lloyd, which she would never ever look individuals 'in the eye', however would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would leave to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to two years after Liverpool Crown Court discovered she fraudulently swiped almost ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a decade, and likewise helped Phillips incorrectly declare benefits worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them packing up among their 2 cars and trucks previously this week, they thought they were going off to stay at their secret caravan, just to find they were going to prison.

One neighbour told MailOnline of the couple: 'I believed they were dodgy as he made a of not being able to stroll whenever his carers were here.

'He was shuffling along and holding onto his cars and trucks in the driveway before he took a long period of time to get to his carer's vehicle on his strolling stick.

'But the next thing I saw him cleaning his BMW in the driveway - he appeared 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 everything.

'But after the authorities raid, they became more reserved and didn't say a lot to people.

'There was constantly something dodgy about her - she would not look people in the eye and boasted about going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan but would never ever say where it was.

'They would take her teenage kid and go away on a Thursday night and not come home till Sunday.'

Phillips had actually fraudulently declared ₤ 100k in PIP, housing advantages, employment support allowance and council tax reductions that he was not qualified for. Neighbours told of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a walking stick' in the presence of carers, however at other times was seen 'strolling fine'

Following the police raid secret suburban street, neighbours were entrusted to concerns as to why the couple had been arrested - and some declare Lloyd had later informed them it was down to pet breeding.

But these questions were lastly laid 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 advantages, carers allowance and personal self-reliance payments over the course of 11-and-a-half years.

With the help of Lloyd, Phillips was likewise discovered to have unlawfully claimed ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing advantages, employment assistance allowance and council tax decreases since 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, detailed how the mom's sophisticated rip-off began when she incorrectly started claiming housing advantages for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was discovered to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a fake tenancy agreement for the 'totally fictitious caravan', ultimately pocketing ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent home.

Then in 2018, she started making deceitful claims that her hubby required 'several day-to-day carers to address his requirements'. She reached utilizing Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to impersonate his brother or sister and claim that she was his main carer.

She also lied that she was not able to work due to being a full-time carer, however was discovered to have actually been working under an incorrect identity Wendy Lloyd at care business Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

In 2022, she started inventing 'incorrect medical conditions' for her child, declaring she had actually a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead female's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in incorrect special needs living allowance overpayments were declared in relation to this.

She once again used the departed woman's name as being her social employee to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, specifying that she needed carers due to 'health conditions'.

Neighbours informed of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret location that she never ever exposed, and would say they were going to remain at the caravan from Thursday to Sunday

One neighbour said they saw the couple packing up on of their cars and trucks earlier today and presumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later on discover out they were off to jail

When MailOnline visited Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he showed Lloyd, neighbours revealed how the couple and her boy would apparently go off to a caravan on the weekends.

It is not known whether this was the exact same 'fictitious caravan' which transpired to have never ever existed, or a certainly a separate, real caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, said: 'She informed people that the police raid was due to the fact that somebody had informed on her for reproducing border collie puppies without a licence.

'I'm surprised they've been imprisoned. I thought they were all above board.

'I only saw them a few days ago loading up suitcases - I thought they were simply going to their caravan.'

She included: 'I know they fulfilled as she was his carer. He was wed however Angela relocated. I believed she had actually resided 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 great deal of police came here.

'He was at the street celebration for the Queen however other times he did seem very frail.'

Hand in Hand homecare company confirmed to MailOnline that Lloyd had bona fide references, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A spokesperson stated: 'We sacked her instantly when we discovered out the fact.

'All her DBS and references checked out. The police said we had done absolutely nothing wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips likewise deceived money from the public bag by stopping working to divulge the fact that Lloyd had actually moved into his home in 2018 - allowing him to continue claiming more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax decreases.

He is also said to have actually 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and need for care, mentioning that he was not able to do anything for himself.

He stated himself 'unsuited for work' and stopped working to discuss his wife's wage - unlawfully filching ₤ 51k in work assistance allowance.

However, Phillips declared that Lloyd had completed the kind and had just 'asked him to sign it'.

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'intricate current history' of mental health and impairments consisting of neurological condition, stress and anxiety and depression.

He was also stated to have actually a pacemaker fitted and appeared in court in a wheelchair.

While Phillips had no previous convictions connecting to comparable matters, however Lloyd's rap sheet reveals previous entries for theft and dishonesty offenses dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last appearance remained in 2012.

Lloyd was imprisoned for 2 years after admitting seven counts of scams by incorrect representation, and Phillips was likewise seen cleaning back tears as he was jailed for 20 months for fraud by false representation and three counts of dishonestly stopping working to disclose information to make a gain.
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Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC said: 'Over an 11-year period, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled 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 duration, you had about ₤ 20,000 per year which you defrauded from the general public.

'For those who seek to defraud the general public of scarce and valuable benefits which need to be directed to those who need them, not those who merely want to have them for reasons of individual greed, that is a major offense devoted by each of you over a long period of time.'