A HAYES MAN WHO DEFRAUDED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

A HAYES MAN WHO DEFRAUDED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL
SECURITY OUT OF #5,000, WAS JAILED FOR NINE MONTHS AT ISLEWORTH

CROWN COURT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MICHAEL MOTT, 36, UNEMPLOYED, OF MANOR ROAD, PLEADED GUILTY TO
SEVEN SPECIMEN CHARGES OF OBTAINING MONEY BY DECEPTION FROM THE

DEPARTMENT – AND ASKED FOR A FURTHER 112 OFFENCES TO BE CONSIDERED.

HE WAS ALSO FOUND GUILTY BY A JURY OF ILLEGALLY ABSTRACTING
ABOUT #250 WORTH OF ELECTRICITY BY TAMPERING WITH THE METRE AT HIS

HOME.

MOTT CLAIMED SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT FOR HIMSELF, HIS WIFE AND
THEIR THREE CHILDREN OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, STATING THAT HIS WIFE

WAS NOT WORKING, SAID MRS CHERYL DREW, PROSECUTING.

BUT, THE COURT HEARD, SHE WAS WORKING FOR DAILY OFFICE
CLEANING SERVICES AT THORN-EMI IN HAYES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.

MOTT WAS ARRESTED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR AFTER A JOINT DHSS-

POLICE INVESTIGATION.

MR GRAHAM TREMBATH, DEFENDING, POINTED OUT THE SUM MOTT

RECEIVED WAS IN FACT ABOUT #20 A WEEK AT A TIME WHEN THE FAMILY WAS

LIVING ON #140 A WEEK.

JAILING MOTT THE JUDGE, RECORDER MR ANDREW GEDDES, SAID: ‘THE

FACT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN IN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES IS NO EXCUSE.

THE

COURTS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT OFFENCES OF THIS KIND MUST BE MET

WITH IMMEDIATE CUSTODIAL SENTENCES.

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ENDS