Quirky World: Golfer ends up in the rough after €36k disability fraud

BRITAIN: A man who pocketed £26,000 (€36,000) in disability benefits while winning golf tournaments and playing off a handicap of six has been jailed for six months.

Alan Bannister, 56, exaggerated the severity of his arthritis for eight years and was given a top-rate payment usually reserved for people who cannot walk.

The former mechanical engineer insisted he could not hold a saucepan or peel potatoes, struggled to dress himself and took 15 minutes to walk as little as 50 metres.