Busy benefits cheat jailed for five years

A benefit cheat who claimed he could barely walk or dress himself has been jailed for five years after a judge heard details of his money-making scams.

David Martin, of Parsonage Road, Laisterdyke, Bradford, pocketed more than 23,000 in disability living allowance and income support over a six-year period but was amassing further cash through a driving job at a delivery firm, acting as a local fence for stolen goods,

counterfeiting DVDs and selling bootleg tobacco.

Martin, 61, pleaded guilty to offences including acquiring criminal property, failing to disclose details of his savings and handling stolen goods.

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At Bradford Crown Court yesterday he was given a six month prison term for the benefit-related offences and Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC imposed a series of consecutive sentences for the other matters taking the total jail term to five years.

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