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A married couple have been convicted after they claimed more than £17,000 for false illnesses.David, 53, and Lesley Sweetman, 58, of Silbury Close, Clifton, today pleaded guilty to insurance fraud at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.The couple have been sentenced to 40 weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years, and eight weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years, respectively.The Sweetmans started to submit claims to their health insurance provider Simplyhealth in 2005 and both claimed to