Benefits fraud DJ is jailed
11:13pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
A MAN who claimed he was so disabled he could barely walk was a singing and dancing DJ who carried heavy equipment to and from his gigs.
Anthony Bradshaw fraudulently pocketed £70,336 from the taxpayer over a five-year period by claiming Disability Living Allowance, incapacity benefit and council tax benefit, a court heard yesterday.
But his fraud was uncovered when investigators became suspicious and tracked him using hidden cameras.
Yesterday, Bradshaw, aged 46, of Belmont Road, Hindley, pleaded guilty to three offences of failing to notify a change in circumstances and two of false representation.
He was sentenced to 12 months in prison by Judge David Aubrey, QC, at Liverpool Crown Court.