Childminder claimed she couldn’t walk to pocket £52,000

Croydon

  A childminder who conned taxpayers out of nearly £52,000 in disability benefits by claiming she could not walk was spared jail despite paying back just £200. Candace Dellaway, 49, lied for nine years that numbness in her legs meant she was constantly in danger of falling over and hurting herself. Despite claiming she needed help at home, Dellaway continued to work full-time in at the Croydon Play Plus childrens’ club between June 2006 and October 2015. When confronted about…

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