A FALMOUTH woman saved more than £30,000 from her benefits payments to move house – a sum that was more than double the amount of capital she was allowed.
Linda Bascombe, 58, of Trevithick Road, was initially charged with a dishonest failure to notify the authorities of her savings and as a result, being overpaid £25,254.98 in benefits.
On Wednesday at Truro Crown Court, on the morning her trial was due to start, she pleaded guilty to failing to notify Cornwall Council and the...
