Snooker player’s mother gets bad break with housing benefits probe

A snooker pro’s mother will be referred to the authorities for alleged housing benefits fraud after a bitter legal battle over a £620,000 family house. Susan Hickenbotham claimed her son Matthew Selt, the world no43, his sisters Claire Noble and Charlotte Hamblin ganged up and demanded she sign the family home over to them, reducing her to tears. Mrs Hickenbotham, who has been claiming social security and housing benefits since 1992, claimed ownership of 153 Pettits Lane, Romford, where she…