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There is absolutely nothing from another location uncommon about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached house on a quiet cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the common eye, Lloyd appears like a regular middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to care for her sick other half.

So it was to the large shock of neighbours when authorities descended on their driveway to rob the couple's St Helens home.

Hiding behind the family's net curtains remained in reality a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.

Lloyd, 58, wept 'Oh my god' as she was jailed today over a string of untruths consisting of utilizing a dead woman's identity, comprising 'phony' medical conditions for her child, and producing pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.

Husband Phillips, 54, was also jailed after the pair's enormous advantages scams was lastly exposed.

While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for several years - neighbours have revealed to MailOnline the apparent clues that the couple were running a fraud.

Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a duration of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives discovered a web of lies including the creation of pseudonyms to claim benefits

The fraudster next door: The presuming semi-detached house Lloyd had moved into with Phillips. Phillips had actually stopped working to divulge this to the council when she moved in in 2018

Phillips visualized in a Help for Heroes hoodie throughout a street party held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is stated to have actually played a DJ set at the occasion

Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were worried for the couple after Phillips was seen looking really frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stick to fulfill his carers.

But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times spotted washing his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street celebration for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Locals also informed of how there was 'constantly something dodgy' about Lloyd, and that she would never look people 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would leave to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to two years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently pocketed almost ₤ 170,000 in benefits over a years, and likewise helped Phillips wrongly declare benefits worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them loading up one of their two vehicles previously this week, they believed they were going off to stay at their secret caravan, just to find they were going to prison.

One neighbour told MailOnline of the couple: 'I believed they were dodgy as he made a genuine show of not having the ability to stroll whenever his carers were here.

'He was shuffling along and keeping his automobiles in the driveway before he took a very long time to get to his carer's vehicle on his walking stick.

'But the next thing I saw him cleaning his BMW in the driveway - he appeared to be strolling great then.

'And he did a DJ set for the Queen's Jubilee party back in 2022. He had all the speakers out and everything.

'But after the police raid, they ended up being more reserved and didn't say a lot to individuals.

'There was always something dodgy about her - she would not look individuals in the eye and boasted about going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan however would never say where it was.

'They would take her teenage kid and go away on a Thursday night and not get home up until Sunday.'

Phillips had fraudulently declared ₤ 100k in PIP, housing advantages, work support allowance and council tax reductions that he was not eligible for. Neighbours told of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the presence of carers, however at other times was seen 'strolling fine'

Following the police raid on the peaceful rural street, neighbours were entrusted questions as to why the couple had actually been arrested - and some declare Lloyd had later informed them it was down to pet dog breeding.

But these concerns were finally put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had declared a total of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not qualified for in housing benefits, carers allowance and personal independence payments over the course of 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was likewise discovered to have actually illegally declared ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing benefits, employment support allowance and council tax reductions considering that 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, described how the mom's fancy scam started when she wrongly began claiming housing benefits for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was found to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a phony occupancy arrangement for the 'entirely fictitious caravan', eventually taking ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent house.

Then in 2018, she started making deceptive claims that her other half required 'numerous daily carers to participate in to his needs'. She reached using Zoe's birth certificate to present as his sibling and claim that she was his main carer.

She also lied that she was unable to work due to being a full-time carer, however was found to have actually been working under a false identity Wendy Lloyd at care company Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

In 2022, she started inventing 'incorrect medical conditions' for her child, claiming she had actually a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead female's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in false impairment living allowance overpayments were claimed in relation to this.

She again used the departed female's name as being her social worker to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, mentioning that she needed carers due to 'health conditions'.

Neighbours informed of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret area that she never ever exposed, and would state they were going to remain at the caravan from Thursday to Sunday

One neighbour stated they saw the couple leaving on of their vehicles earlier today and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', just to later discover out they were off to prison

When MailOnline visited Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he shared with Lloyd, neighbours exposed how the couple and her boy would supposedly go off to a caravan on the weekends.

It is not known whether this was the very same 'fictitious caravan' which transpired to have actually never ever existed, or an indeed a separate, real caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, stated: 'She informed individuals that the cops raid was due to the fact that somebody had actually informed on her for reproducing border collie puppies without a licence.

'I'm stunned they've been imprisoned. I believed they were all above board.

'I just saw them a few days ago loading up luggage - I believed they were just going to their caravan.'

She added: 'I know they satisfied as she was his carer. He was wed however Angela relocated. I believed she had actually resided in Southport.

'I did see his ex-wife parked up in the street viewing his house when they split.

'She was clearly spying on them.'

Her partner David Manchester, 70, said: 'It's a big surprise they seemed to be living a double life.

'There were a lot of cops came here.

'He was at the street celebration for the Queen but other times he did seem very frail.'

Hand in Hand homecare company confirmed to MailOnline that Lloyd had bona fide referrals, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A spokesperson said: 'We sacked her immediately when we discovered the fact.

'All her DBS and recommendations had a look at. The police said we had actually not done anything wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips also deceived money from the public bag by stopping working to reveal the fact that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - permitting him to continue claiming more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.

He is likewise said to have actually 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and need for care, specifying that he was unable to do anything for himself.

He stated himself 'unfit for work' and failed to mention his partner's wage - illegally pocketing ₤ 51k in work support allowance.

However, Phillips declared that Lloyd had finished the type and had simply 'asked him to sign it'.

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'intricate current history' of mental health and disabilities consisting of neurological disorder, anxiety and anxiety.

He was also stated to have actually a pacemaker fitted and appeared in court in a wheelchair.

While Phillips had no previous convictions relating to comparable matters, however Lloyd's criminal record shows previous entries for theft and dishonesty offences dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last appearance remained in 2012.

Lloyd was imprisoned for two years after admitting seven counts of scams by incorrect representation, and Phillips was also seen wiping back tears as he was imprisoned for 20 months for fraud by incorrect representation and 3 counts of dishonestly stopping working to reveal details to make a gain.

Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC said: 'Over an 11-year duration, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled to defraud the general public of just except ₤ 170,000 and you, Lee Phillips, of about ₤ 100,000. In your case, Mr Phillips, over a five-year period, you had about ₤ 20,000 per year which you defrauded from the general public.

'For those who look for to defraud the general public of scarce and valuable advantages which need to be directed to those who need them, not those who merely want to have them for factors of personal greed, that is a major offense devoted by each of you over an extended period of time.'
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