Benefit cheat ordered to repay €31,000

A Co Antrim woman was today given a suspended jail sentence and ordered to repay £21,000 (€31,000) in fraudulently claimed British government benefits.

Benefit cheat ordered to repay €31,000
Tue, 05 Sep, 2006 - 20:21

A Co Antrim woman was today given a suspended jail sentence and ordered to repay £21,000 (€31,000) in fraudulently claimed British government benefits.

Agnes Ferguson (aged 36) of Albert Road, Carrickfergus, was sentenced to 12 months in prison suspended for three years, after being convicted of obtaining benefits to which she was not entitled.

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