Sixty-Six-Year-Old Fraudster Pleads Guilty | Liverpool News

A 66-year-old woman, Dawna Bird, admitted to fraud after collecting over £14,000 in UK disability benefits while living in Greece for more than a thousand days—working as a childminder there—without informing the Department for Work and Pensions. Her husband, already sentenced for fraudulently claiming £70,000, had his nine-month sentence suspended. Bird pleaded guilty at Derby Crown Court, receiving a five-month suspended sentence after judge Shaun Smith called the evidence “overwhelming.” Bird is now repaying the funds in installments, having initially claimed benefits legitimately. Social media posts and travel records exposed her overseas lifestyle, and despite denying it during a voluntary interview upon return to the UK, she’s now facing consequences for failing to disclose her absence. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/52a0042d82655445