Fraudster claimed dead dad's £740k benefits

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Runcorn fraudster cheat claimed dead dad's benefits in £740k scam

Ethel McGill arrived at Liverpool Crown Court in a wheelchair carrying incontinence pads

She also feigned dementia and claimed she needed a wheelchair, Liverpool Crown Court heard on Monday.The court heard the con unravelled when investigators filmed her walking and driving.Judge Steven Everett told her:"Part of your problem is that nobody, including me, believes that you are ill, and that you have been putting this on for years."

She had asked a friend to lie in bed and pretend to be her father when the authorities visited, the court heard.Ethel McGill was caught by investigators who filmed her walking and driving

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