rsherdley commented Carer spared jail over £34k benefit claim

A carer has escaped jail "by a whisker" after he kept his massive savings secret and claimed £34,000 benefit.Nicholas Brown, a full-time carer to his youngest son, also had £30,000 stashed in five bank accounts.Nottingham Crown Court heard the father-of-three claimed housing benefit, income support and council tax benefit legitimately.But he committed a crime when he did not notify the authorities about a change in his circumstances – after he came into a substantial...