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      Friday, 3rd September


Couple who invented 16 kids for benefits.

  • Couple who invented 16 kids for benefits.

A couple from Weston Super Mare, Somerset, with gambling and alcohol addictions invented 16 children to claim £125,000 in benefits!
After asking for Tax Credit for two legitimate children, and not being asked to produce birth certificiates, they created Brian, Edith, sandra, Gareth, Jessica and Jason amongst others and have claimed over £400 a week for them since 2003.
Whilst claiming to have done a ‘public service’ by exposing the flaw in the Tax Credits system, over £400 a week was being spent at the bookies, with just one of the couple drinking 2 bottles of brandy a day.





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