rsherdley published Benefits cheat claimed her partner was sleeping in his car on the...

A woman who claimed she was single and her estranged partner was only sleeping in a car in the driveway has been sentenced for benefit fraud.Melanie Fincham's claims were fraudulent from the outset and she pocketed £39,301, Nottingham Crown Court heard today.She had claimed she was a lone parent, single, and had no other income - when her estranged partner was actually living with her.Fraud investigators began to delve into her background. She had claimed her other half worked away in the.