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There is nothing from another location uncommon about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached house on a quiet cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the common eye, Lloyd looks like a mum who works relentlessly to care for her ill hubby.

So it was to the sheer shock of neighbours when authorities came down on their driveway to raid the couple's St Helens home.

Hiding behind the family's net curtains was in truth a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.

Lloyd, 58, cried 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned this week over a string of untruths including using a dead female's identity, comprising 'fake' medical conditions for her child, and developing pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.

Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise imprisoned after the pair's huge advantages scams was lastly exposed.

While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for several years - neighbours have actually exposed to MailOnline the obvious ideas that the couple were running a scam.

Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a duration of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives revealed a web of lies consisting of the production of pseudonyms to declare benefits

The fraudster next door: The presuming semi-detached house Lloyd had actually moved into with Phillips. Phillips had actually failed to disclose this to the council when she moved in in 2018

Phillips envisioned in an Aid for Heroes hoodie throughout a street celebration held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is said to have actually played a DJ set at the occasion

Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were stressed for the couple after Phillips was seen looking extremely frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stay with fulfill his carers.

But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times identified cleaning his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street party for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Locals also informed of how there was 'always something dodgy' about Lloyd, and that she would never ever look individuals 'in the eye', however would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would get away to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to 2 years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently stole almost ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a years, and also helped Phillips falsely claim advantages worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them packing up among their two automobiles earlier this week, they thought they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, only to find they were going to prison.

One neighbour informed MailOnline of the couple: 'I believed they were dodgy as he made a real program of not being able to stroll whenever his carers were here.

'He was shuffling along and keeping his automobiles in the driveway before he took a very long time to get to his carer's vehicle on his walking stick.

'But the next thing I saw him cleaning his BMW in the driveway - he appeared to be strolling fine then.
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'And he did a DJ set for the Queen's Jubilee party back in 2022. He had all the speakers out and everything.

'But after the authorities raid, they became more reserved and didn't say a lot to individuals.

'There was always something dodgy about her - she would not look individuals in the eye and bragged about going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan however would never ever say where it was.

'They would take her teenage son and go away on a Thursday night and not get back until Sunday.'

Phillips had fraudulently declared ₤ 100k in PIP, housing benefits, employment assistance allowance and council tax decreases that he was not qualified for. Neighbours told of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the existence of carers, but at other times was seen 'walking fine'

Following the police raid secret rural street, neighbours were left with questions regarding why the couple had actually been arrested - and some allege Lloyd had later informed them it was down to pet breeding.

But these questions were finally put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had claimed a total of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not certified for in housing advantages, carers allowance and personal independence payments over the course of 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was likewise found to have illegally claimed ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing benefits, work assistance allowance and council tax reductions because 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, outlined how the mother's fancy scam began when she incorrectly began declaring housing advantages for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was found to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a phony tenancy contract for the 'totally fictitious caravan', ultimately taking ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent home.

Then in 2018, she began making deceptive claims that her husband needed 'numerous daily carers to take care of his needs'. She went as far as utilizing Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to position as his brother or sister and claim that she was his primary carer.

She also lied that she was not able to work due to being a full-time carer, but was found to have been working under a false identity Wendy Lloyd at care company Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

In 2022, she began inventing 'incorrect medical conditions' for her boy, claiming she had a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead female's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in false special needs living allowance overpayments were declared in relation to this.

She again used the departed woman's name as being her social employee to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, mentioning that she required carers due to 'health conditions'.

Neighbours informed of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret place that she never ever revealed, and would state they were going to remain at the caravan from Thursday to Sunday

One neighbour said they saw the couple leaving on of their cars previously this week and presumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later find out they were off to prison

When MailOnline visited Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he showed Lloyd, neighbours exposed how the couple and her child would allegedly go off to a caravan on the weekends.

It is not understood whether this was the very same 'fictitious caravan' which took place to have never existed, or a certainly a separate, genuine caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, said: 'She told individuals that the authorities raid was since someone had actually informed on her for breeding border collie puppies without a licence.
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'I'm stunned they have actually been imprisoned. I believed they were all above board.

'I only saw them a couple of days ago leaving travel suitcases - I thought they were simply going to their caravan.'

She included: 'I understand they met as she was his carer. He was wed but Angela relocated. I believed she had lived in Southport.

'I did see his ex-wife parked up in the street enjoying his house when they split.

'She was obviously spying on them.'

Her partner David Manchester, 70, said: 'It's a big surprise they appeared to be living a double life.

'There were a lot of police came here.

'He was at the street party for the Queen however other times he did appear very frail.'

Hand in Hand homecare agency confirmed to MailOnline that Lloyd had authentic references, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A spokesman said: 'We sacked her immediately when we learnt the truth.

'All her DBS and references took a look at. The police stated we had actually done absolutely nothing incorrect.'

The court heard how Phillips likewise deceived cash from the public purse by failing to reveal the reality that Lloyd had actually moved into his home in 2018 - permitting him to continue claiming more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax decreases.

He is also said to have actually 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and require for care, mentioning that he was unable to do anything for himself.

He declared himself 'unsuited for work' and stopped working to discuss his wife's wage - illegally taking ₤ 51k in work assistance allowance.

However, Phillips alleged that Lloyd had actually finished the type and had simply 'asked him to sign it'.

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complex current history' of psychological health and disabilities consisting of neurological condition, stress and anxiety and anxiety.

He was likewise said to have actually a pacemaker fitted and appeared in court in a wheelchair.

While Phillips had no previous convictions connecting to comparable matters, nevertheless Lloyd's rap sheet shows previous entries for theft and dishonesty offenses dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last appearance was in 2012.

Lloyd was jailed for 2 years after confessing seven counts of fraud by false representation, and Phillips was also seen cleaning back tears as he was jailed for 20 months for scams by false representation and three counts of dishonestly stopping working to reveal info to make a gain.

Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC said: 'Over an 11-year duration, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled to defraud the general public of just short of ₤ 170,000 and you, Lee Phillips, of about ₤ 100,000. In your case, Mr Phillips, over a five-year period, you had about ₤ 20,000 per year which you defrauded from the public.

'For those who seek to defraud the public of scarce and important advantages which need to be directed to those who need them, not those who merely want to have them for factors of personal greed, that is a serious offense devoted by each of you over an extended period of time.'