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Evening Standard
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Stephanie Wareham

Woman who claimed she could not walk jailed for benefit fraud after 10k race

Ms Green was caught on camera taking part in a 10k race in Market Drayton, Shropshire (DWP/Market Drayton Running Club/Mick Hall) -

A woman who claimed she struggled to leave the house or walk was exposed as a benefit cheat after CCTV showed her taking part in exercise classes at the gym.

Helen Green, 49, received more than £25,000 in Personal Independence Payment (PIP) between January 2020 and March 2023 after telling the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) she suffered severe rheumatoid arthritis in every joint and a slipped disk that left her housebound and in need of crutches.

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