RE: PAIR sentenced for benefit con ( Adver 6/2/16).
Fatima Bibi claimed to be a single mum but was in fact living with her taxi driver husband.
The pair plundered income support, housing benefit, and council tax relief up to £200,000.
Normally this high theft sum warrants a mandatory prison sentence.
The pair, however, walked free from court. Over a 10-year period her brother landlord (who she failed to inform the authorities of) pocketed £70,000 rent money from her ( or rather us the taxpayers.) 
The husband had a previous conviction for benefit fraud, and had gained British citizenship in 2010 – just the type of citizens we need!
The judge let them off because he suspected that she had been subjected to domestic violence (suspected, not proven).
How they love their host country – little wonder the rest of the world wants to come here!
Not a penny has been paid back; all three have won the lottery it seems!
Lessons learnt?
Crime, especially benefit crime, DOES pay, as this case demonstrates.
All current benefit fraudsters need not worry – just get the wife/partner to spread rumours of domestic violence against the woman if you suspect the authorities are closing in.
It seems that benefit fraud these days is wrong only if you’re dumb enough to get caught, otherwise the message is perfectly clear: carry on.
J ADAMS
Bloomsbury, Swindon