Jail for cheat who claimed disability benefits but took part in marathons (Read 653 times)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jan/20/ukcrime.matthewtaylor http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jan/20/ukcrime.matthewtaylor A man who claimed more than £22,000 in disability benefits and told officials he could only walk using two sticks or a frame was jailed yesterday after it emerged he was a competitive marathon runner. Paul Appleby, 47, told officials that he was largely confined to a wheelchair and needed help eating and going to the toilet. But the court heard that the former miner from Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, was actually a club runner who regularly completed full and half marathons across the country.

I know of a guy from near where I grew up that was busted for a similar thing. He collected years of disability due to a "bad back", but was busted after someone saw a picture of him in a paper or magazine for having won a body building contest.