Joan Lesley Clarke was a 'fraudster' with a 'dishonest vein that runs through her body', a judge says.
A woman who lied about having cancer to fraudulently claim more than £22,000 in benefits was a "fraudster" with a "dishonest vein that runs through your body", a judge has said.
Joan Lesley Clarke forged letters from a cancer centre to claim money from the Department for Work and Pensions .The 62-year-old from St Helens admitted eight counts of fraud and was jailed for 10 months at Liverpool Crown Court. The hearing was told Clarke had claimed £22,941.01 in personal independence payments between 2016 and 2019.Sentencing her, Judge Aubrey said a letter Clarke had forged, which she had claimed was from Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Wirral, was the beginning of a lie she "continued to make on many occasions".
He said rather than admit her lie, Clarke had further claimed in January 2018 that her cancer had worsened and she was receiving increased treatment.He said Clarke had "previous convictions for dishonesty" and while he would not "treat them as aggravating the seriousness" of her offences, they showed that "regrettably, you seem to have a dishonest vein that runs through your body".
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