There is absolutely nothing from another location out of the common about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the common eye, Lloyd appears like a typical middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to take care of her sick partner.

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

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

Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned today over a string of untruths consisting of utilizing a dead woman's identity, comprising 'bogus' medical conditions for her son, and producing pseudonyms to work while declaring carers allowance.

Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise imprisoned after the set's enormous advantages scams was finally exposed.

While the couple handled to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for several years - neighbours have exposed to MailOnline the obvious hints that the couple were running a fraud.

Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a duration of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives uncovered a web of lies consisting of the creation of pseudonyms to declare advantages

The fraudster next door: The assuming semi-detached home Lloyd had moved into with Phillips. Phillips had stopped working to disclose this to the council when she moved in in 2018

Phillips imagined in a Help for Heroes hoodie throughout a street party held for the Diamond Jubilee. He is said to have actually played a DJ set at the event

Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were stressed for the couple after Phillips was seen looking very frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stay with fulfill his carers.

But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times identified 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, which she would never ever look people 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would escape to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to 2 years after Liverpool Crown Court discovered she fraudulently stole almost ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a years, and also helped Phillips incorrectly claim benefits worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them packing up among their two automobiles previously this week, they thought they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, only to find they were going to prison.

One neighbour told MailOnline of the couple: 'I thought they were dodgy as he made a real program of not having the ability to walk whenever his carers were here.

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

'But the next thing I saw him cleaning his BMW in the driveway - he appeared to be walking fine 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 became more reserved and didn't state a lot to individuals.

'There was constantly something dodgy about her - she wouldn't look individuals in the eye and extolled going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan but would never ever say where it was.

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

Phillips had actually fraudulently claimed ₤ 100k in PIP, housing benefits, employment support allowance and council tax reductions that he was not qualified for. Neighbours told of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a walking stick' in the presence of carers, however at other times was seen 'strolling great'

Following the police raid secret suburban street, neighbours were entrusted to questions as to why the couple had been detained - and some allege Lloyd had later told them it was down to pet breeding.

But these questions were finally put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had actually claimed a total of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not gotten approved for in housing benefits, carers allowance and personal self-reliance payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was also discovered to have illegally declared ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing benefits, employment assistance allowance and council tax reductions because 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, outlined how the mom's intricate fraud began when she falsely began declaring housing benefits for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was discovered to be a 'fictitious address'.

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

Then in 2018, she began making deceitful claims that her hubby needed 'multiple day-to-day carers to address his requirements'. She went as far as utilizing Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to present as his brother or sister 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 an incorrect identity Wendy Lloyd at care company Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

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

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

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

One neighbour said they saw the couple leaving on of their cars and trucks earlier today and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', just to later on learn they were off to prison

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

It is not understood whether this was the same 'fictitious caravan' which took place to have never existed, or a certainly a separate, genuine caravan.

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

'I'm surprised they have actually been imprisoned. I believed they were all above board.

'I just saw them a few days ago packing up suitcases - I thought they were just going to their caravan.'

She included: 'I understand they fulfilled as she was his carer. He was married but Angela relocated. I thought she had actually lived in Southport.

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

'She was undoubtedly spying on them.'

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

'There were a lot of police came here.

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

Hand in Hand homecare company validated 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 instantly when we learnt the reality.

'All her DBS and recommendations examined out. The cops stated we had actually not done anything incorrect.'

The court heard how Phillips also swindled money from the public handbag by failing to divulge the truth that Lloyd had actually moved into his home in 2018 - permitting him to continue declaring more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.

He is also stated to have actually 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and require for care, specifying that he was not able to do anything for himself.

He stated himself 'unfit for work' and failed to mention his spouse's wage - unlawfully pocketing ₤ 51k in employment assistance allowance.

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

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complex current history' of mental health and impairments including neurological condition, stress and 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 connecting to similar matters, nevertheless Lloyd's criminal record reveals previous entries for theft and dishonesty offences dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last look was in 2012.

Lloyd was imprisoned for two years after confessing 7 counts of fraud by false representation, and Phillips was also seen cleaning back tears as he was imprisoned for 20 months for scams by incorrect representation and three counts of dishonestly failing to divulge information to make a gain.

Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC stated: 'Over an 11-year period, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled to defraud the 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 public.

'For those who look for to defraud the public of limited and important advantages which require to be directed to those who need them, not those who simply wish to have them for reasons of individual greed, that is a severe offence dedicated by each of you over an extended period of time.'
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