Welfare fraudster used dead sister’s identity

A DUBLIN woman is facing up to 10 years in jail in England after claiming €16,500 in welfare benefits by using her dead sister’s identity.

Bridget Margaret Redmond, 50, obtained British benefits in the name of her sister, Theresa Jackson, who was just nine when she was killed in a road accident in 1971, in Dublin.

Redmond used the girl’s identity to obtain £11,370 (€16,545) in unemployment and housing benefits over a four-year period from 2002.