Leeds OAP taxi driver in £51,000 benefit fraud

By The Newsroom
Published 24th Mar 2016, 11:27 BST
Updated 24th Mar 2016, 13:08 BST
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A PENSIONER who fraudulently claimed more than £50,000 in benefits 'to make ends meet' while working as a taxi driver has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

Grandfather David Rivett, 77, dishonestly claimed pension credit and housing and council tax benefits for around ten years from 2005, Leeds Crown Court heard.

Prosecutor, Richard Woolfall, said Rivett, of Westfield Court, Burley, Leeds, originally claimed for the benefits in early 2005 when he stated he was single and unemployed.

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