Wife Pretends To Be Blind For 15 Years To Scam N500 Million In Benefits

Wife Pretends To Be Blind For 15 Years To Scam N500 Million In Benefits

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A man claimed he had no idea his wife was pretending to be blind for more than 15 years when she scammed over N500 million in benefits in the UK.

The man identified as John Pomfrey, 60, said he was clueless to his wife Christina’s lies which have now landed her in prison.

On Monday, the 65-year-old grandmother, from Runcorn, Cheshire, was jailed for three years and eight months after she pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to multiple counts of fraud, false accounting and making or supplying articles for use in frauds.

She lied she was totally blind and wheelchair-bound, but surveillance by investigators showed her driving, going for a walk unaided while reading a newspaper and collecting her grandchildren from school.

Mr. Pomfrey, who married Christina in 2005, told the Daily Mail:

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“People think I must have known what she was up to and where all the money went, but the answer to both is I don’t have a clue.

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“She has destroyed my life and I cannot forgive her. She is the craftiest woman I have ever known.”

Mr. Pomfrey added she had lied to him she was a millionaire and owned seven newsagents in Liverpool.

When confronted with the evidence by police, she said she was relieved to be finally caught and claimed she had given the money away to charity and those in need.

However, she also admitted she had spent cash on numerous holidays, cosmetic treatment and clothes.

Sentencing at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Judge Sophie McKone told her: “You grossly exaggerated your disabilities in pretending you were completely blind and that your multiple sclerosis was of such severity that you required significant and costly care.

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“This was money to which you were not entitled. Over 15 years, you stole £1 million from your fellow citizens. Money which would have gone to people who justly deserved it, money that could have gone to schools and hospitals.

 

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