Julie Priest, 54, DWP benefit cheat, must pay back £20,000 of the £35,000 she swindled. Suspended sentence. £15,000 profit, and no punishment. Who says crime doesn’t pay? It does for women, at least.

/ Mike Buchanan

Our thanks to Steve for this. Extracts:

Now Priest has been dragged back [J4MB emphasis: what a ridiculous figure of speech under the circumstances, written by a male “journalist”] to Plymouth Crown Court for a hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Judge Paul Darlow ordered that Priest pay £20,000 within three months – the longest time possible.

He added that she would face seven months in prison if she did not pay.

Judge Darlow said: “I am sure it will not come to that.”

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