Thieving twat :evil:
Fiddled £40k on disability benefits and got rumbled doing a desert trek on a tv show. Idiot.
He went to court, but didn't have a leg to stand on....
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/...ing.6351056.jp
Thieving twat :evil:
Cheers
Simon
Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
I expect he was hopping mad when he got caught...
I hope they didn't put it like that to the judge. :wink:Originally Posted by Yorkshire Post
Well, it looks like he will get 10 more weeks of state support before it is over....
I can't think of suitable words to comment, because we're in the George & Dragon..... :evil:Originally Posted by WORKSIMON
Thief got caught - good.
What frustrates me is that there must be many thousands of people who do this andget away with it.
Indeed. Just as there are many thousands of very rich people who defraud the tax man and get away with it. :twisted:Originally Posted by Tahiti
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
No doubt back on benefits of some sort the moment he gets out :evil:
"I looked with pity not untinged with scorn upon these trivial-minded passers-by"
Originally Posted by Griswold
Well, the tax evaders are bad too. But at least create wealth as they pay some tax and employ people who pay tax via paye.
This blokes a pirate. ...
You can't justify tax evasion just as you can justify benefit fraud, both are stealing from state and therefore from law-abiding people.Originally Posted by johnfm
"I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked ... it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed."
+1 Two sides of the same coin.You can't justify tax evasion just as you can justify benefit fraud, both are stealing from state and therefore from law-abiding people.
The country is in huge amounts of debt and it isn't helped by people defrauding the system....glad he got caught!!
What a numpty tho haha :D
Guys.
Where's the punnery? The whole point of my post was to use the 'leg to stand on' pun.
At least his fraud hasn't cost the exchequer an arm and a leg....
Keeping him in prison for 5 weeks @£1500 pw and plus the cost of the court-case will run to well over £10,000.Originally Posted by johnfm
This is why gassing them is the only answer.Originally Posted by raysablade
True
we should start charging criminals for the cost of their prosecution. Attachment to earnings or enforced house sale. Make the plum move to a smaller house in Beeston instaed of Alwoodley.
You're dying out there man :DOriginally Posted by johnfm
"I looked with pity not untinged with scorn upon these trivial-minded passers-by"
Have you checked out the price of gas recently? Outrageous.Originally Posted by Seamaster73
"I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked ... it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed."
Some public services deserve investment.Originally Posted by davidcbull
Indeedy :wink:Some public services deserve investment.
..."Psst...Glenny's a closet socialist"
I wont be filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, I am not a number, I am a free man, my life is my own!!!
Be seeing you
Toodle pip
Griff.
His mistake is not being an MP.
His punishment would be a stern telling off by the boss, then back to his happy family to carry on as normal.