‘Benefits cheat pensioner raked in £50k’

A pensioner hid bank accounts from the local council to rake in £50,000 worth of undeserved benefits over a decade, a court heard. Hugh Cumberbatch, 81, is accused of lying to the City of Westminster Council when he signed an application for housing and council tax benefits back in December 2004. He declared two bank accounts holding just shy of £7,000, well below £16,000 entitlement threshold set by the council when considering benefits, and claimed to have no other capital,…