There is absolutely nothing from another location uncommon about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached home on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.
And to the common eye, Lloyd looks like a typical middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to look after her ill partner.
So it was to the sheer shock of neighbours when police came down on their driveway to rob the couple's St Helens home.
Hiding behind the household's net drapes remained in truth a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.
Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned today over a string of untruths consisting of utilizing a dead woman's identity, comprising 'phony' medical conditions for her kid, and creating pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.
Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise jailed after the pair's enormous benefits fraud was lastly exposed.
While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for several years - neighbours have exposed to MailOnline the obvious hints that the couple were running a scam.
Angela Lloyd defrauded the of ₤ 170k over a duration of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives discovered a web of lies consisting of the production of pseudonyms to claim advantages
The scammer next door: The presuming semi-detached house Lloyd had actually moved into with Phillips. Phillips had actually stopped working to divulge this to the council when she moved in in 2018
Phillips imagined in an Assistance for Heroes hoodie during a street celebration held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is stated to have played a DJ set at the event
Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were fretted for the couple after Phillips was seen looking very frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stay with meet his carers.
But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times identified cleaning his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street party for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Locals also told of how there was 'constantly something dodgy' about Lloyd, which she would never ever look people 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would leave to on the weekends.
Lloyd was sentenced to two years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently stole almost ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a decade, and also assisted Phillips wrongly declare advantages worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.
When neighbours saw them packing up one of their 2 automobiles earlier this week, they thought they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, just to discover they were going to prison.
One neighbour told MailOnline of the couple: 'I believed they were dodgy as he made a genuine program of not having the ability to walk whenever his carers were here.
'He was shuffling along and keeping his cars and trucks in the driveway before he took a very long time to get to his carer's cars and truck on his walking stick.
'But the next thing I saw him cleaning his BMW in the driveway - he seemed to be walking fine then.
'And he did a DJ set for the Queen's Jubilee party back in 2022. He had all the speakers out and whatever.
'But after the cops raid, they became more reserved and didn't say a lot to people.
'There was always something dodgy about her - she would not look individuals in the eye and extolled going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan but would never state where it was.
'They would take her teenage boy and disappear on a Thursday night and not come home till Sunday.'
Phillips had actually fraudulently declared ₤ 100k in PIP, housing advantages, employment support allowance and council tax reductions that he was not qualified for. Neighbours informed of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a walking stick' in the presence of carers, but at other times was seen 'strolling great'
Following the authorities raid secret suburban street, neighbours were left with questions as to why the couple had actually been arrested - and some declare Lloyd had later told them it was down to pet breeding.
But these concerns were finally put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had actually declared an overall of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not qualified for in housing advantages, carers allowance and individual self-reliance payments over the course of 11-and-a-half years.
With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was also found to have unlawfully declared ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing benefits, work support allowance and council tax reductions given that 2018.
Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, laid out how the mother's elaborate scam started when she wrongly started declaring housing benefits for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was discovered to be a 'fictitious address'.
She even made a phony occupancy agreement for the 'entirely fictitious caravan', ultimately pocketing ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent residence.
Then in 2018, she began making fraudulent claims that her other half required 'several daily carers to address his requirements'. She reached using Phillips' sister Zoe's birth certificate to impersonate his brother or sister and claim that she was his primary carer.
She also lied that she was not able to work due to being a full-time carer, however was discovered to have actually been working under a false identity Wendy Lloyd at care business Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.
In 2022, she started inventing 'incorrect medical conditions' for her kid, claiming she had actually a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead woman's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in false special needs living allowance overpayments were claimed in relation to this.
She again utilized the deceased lady's name as being her social worker to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, specifying that she needed carers due to 'health conditions'.
Neighbours informed of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret location that she never exposed, and would state they were going to remain at the caravan from Thursday to Sunday
One neighbour stated they saw the couple loading up on of their automobiles earlier today and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', just to later discover out they were off to prison
When MailOnline visited Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he showed Lloyd, neighbours exposed how the couple and her son would supposedly go off to a caravan on the weekends.
It is not known whether this was the exact same 'fictitious caravan' which took place to have never ever existed, or an indeed a separate, real caravan.
Leni Newton, 63, said: 'She told individuals that the authorities raid was since someone had actually informed on her for breeding border collie young puppies without a licence.
'I'm surprised they've been imprisoned. I thought they were all above board.
'I just saw them a few days ago leaving suitcases - I believed they were just going to their caravan.'
She included: 'I know they satisfied as she was his carer. He was married but Angela moved in. I thought she had lived in Southport.
'I did see his ex-wife parked up in the street viewing his home when they split.
'She was undoubtedly spying on them.'
Her partner David Manchester, 70, said: 'It's a big surprise they seemed to be living a double life.
'There were a lot of cops came here.
'He was at the street party for the Queen but other times he did seem very frail.'
Hand in Hand homecare company confirmed to MailOnline that Lloyd had authentic recommendations, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.
A representative stated: 'We sacked her right away when we discovered the fact.
'All her DBS and references had a look at. The police stated we had not done anything incorrect.'
The court heard how Phillips likewise swindled cash from the public purse by stopping working to reveal the reality that Lloyd had actually moved into his home in 2018 - enabling him to continue claiming more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.
He is also said to have 'overemphasized' his medical conditions and require for care, stating that he was unable to do anything for himself.
He declared himself 'unsuited for work' and stopped working to mention his better half's wage - unlawfully filching ₤ 51k in employment support allowance.
However, Phillips declared that Lloyd had finished the form and had just 'asked him to sign it'.
Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complicated current history' of mental health and disabilities including neurological condition, stress and anxiety and depression.
He was also said to have a pacemaker fitted and appeared in court in a wheelchair.
While Phillips had no previous convictions relating to comparable matters, however Lloyd's rap sheet reveals previous entries for theft and dishonesty offences dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last look remained in 2012.
Lloyd was imprisoned for 2 years after confessing 7 counts of fraud by incorrect representation, and Phillips was also seen cleaning back tears as he was imprisoned for 20 months for fraud by false representation and 3 counts of dishonestly failing to reveal information to make a gain.
Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC stated: 'Over an 11-year period, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled to defraud the general public of just except ₤ 170,000 and you, Lee Phillips, of about ₤ 100,000. In your case, Mr Phillips, over a five-year period, you had about ₤ 20,000 each year which you defrauded from the general public.
'For those who look for to defraud the general public of limited and valuable advantages which require to be directed to those who need them, not those who simply wish to have them for factors of individual greed, that is a serious offence committed by each of you over a long duration of time.'
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