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

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

Lloyd, 58, wept 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned today over a string of untruths including using a dead lady's identity, making up 'fake' medical conditions for her boy, and producing pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.

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

While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for many years - neighbours have actually exposed to MailOnline the obvious clues that the couple were running a fraud.

Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a period of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives uncovered a web of lies including the development of pseudonyms to claim advantages

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

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

Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were fretted for the couple after Phillips was seen looking very frail as he would 'hobble' on his strolling adhere to 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 party for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Locals also told of how there was 'always something dodgy' about Lloyd, which she would never look people 'in the eye', however would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would leave to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to two years after Liverpool Crown Court discovered she fraudulently filched nearly ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a years, and likewise assisted Phillips wrongly claim benefits worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them packing up among their 2 vehicles previously today, they believed they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, just to find they were going to jail.

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

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

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

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

'But after the authorities raid, they became more reserved and didn't state a lot to people.

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

'They would take her teenage kid and go away on a Thursday night and not come home till Sunday.'

Phillips had actually fraudulently claimed ₤ 100k in PIP, housing advantages, work assistance allowance and council tax reductions that he was not eligible for. Neighbours informed of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the presence of carers, but at other times was seen 'walking great'

Following the police raid on the quiet suburban street, neighbours were entrusted concerns as to why the couple had actually been arrested - and some allege Lloyd had later told them it was down to canine breeding.

But these concerns were finally laid to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had claimed a total of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not gotten approved for in housing advantages, carers allowance and individual self-reliance payments over the course of 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was likewise found to have actually illegally claimed ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing benefits, employment support allowance and council tax decreases given that 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, outlined how the mom's sophisticated rip-off started when she falsely started declaring housing advantages for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was discovered to be a 'fictitious address'.

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

Then in 2018, she began making deceitful claims that her spouse required 'several everyday carers to address his needs'. She reached using Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to pose 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, but was discovered to have actually been working under a false identity Wendy Lloyd at care business Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

In 2022, she began developing 'incorrect medical conditions' for her child, declaring she had a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead female's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in incorrect special needs living allowance overpayments were claimed in relation to this.

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

Neighbours told 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 loading up on of their vehicles earlier this week and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', just to later discover out they were off to jail

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

It is not known whether this was the exact same 'fictitious caravan' which transpired to have actually never existed, or a certainly a separate, genuine caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, stated: 'She told individuals that the cops raid was since someone had told on her for breeding border collie puppies without a licence.

'I'm stunned they have actually been jailed. I thought they were all above board.

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

She added: 'I know they met as she was his carer. He was wed but 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 divided.

'She was obviously 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 great deal of police came here.

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

Hand in Hand homecare agency confirmed to MailOnline that Lloyd had authentic recommendations, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A representative stated: 'We sacked her right away when we learnt the truth.

'All her DBS and referrals had a look at. The cops stated we had not done anything incorrect.'

The court heard how Phillips also swindled money from the general public bag by stopping working to reveal the truth that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - enabling him to continue declaring more than ₤ 13k in housing advantages and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.

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

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

However, Phillips alleged that Lloyd had the kind and had simply 'asked him to sign it'.

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

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

While Phillips had no previous convictions relating to similar matters, however Lloyd's rap sheet reveals previous entries for theft and dishonesty offences dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last appearance was in 2012.

Lloyd was imprisoned for 2 years after confessing seven counts of fraud by false representation, and Phillips was likewise seen wiping back tears as he was jailed for 20 months for scams by false representation and 3 counts of dishonestly failing to divulge details to make a gain.
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Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC said: 'Over an 11-year period, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, managed to defraud the general public of just short of ₤ 170,000 and you, Lee Phillips, of about ₤ 100,000. In your case, Mr Phillips, over a five-year duration, you had about ₤ 20,000 each year which you defrauded from the public.

'For those who look for to defraud the public of scarce and important benefits which need to be directed to those who need them, not those who merely wish to have them for reasons of personal greed, that is a major offense devoted by each of you over a long duration of time.'