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

And to the typical eye, Lloyd appears like a regular middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to look after her sick spouse.

So it was to the large shock of neighbours when authorities came down on their driveway to raid the couple's St Helens home.

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

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

Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise jailed after the pair's massive advantages fraud was finally exposed.

While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for many years - neighbours have revealed to MailOnline the apparent hints that the couple were running a scam.

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

The scammer next door: The assuming semi-detached home Lloyd had moved into with Phillips. Phillips had failed to reveal this to the council when she moved in in 2018

Phillips visualized in a Help for Heroes hoodie during a street party held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is stated to have played a DJ set at the event

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

But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times found washing his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street party for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

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

Lloyd was sentenced to 2 years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently filched almost ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a years, and also assisted Phillips wrongly declare benefits worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them leaving among their two cars previously this week, they believed they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, only to find they were going to jail.

One neighbour informed MailOnline of the couple: 'I thought 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 vehicles in the driveway before he took a long time to get to his carer's cars and truck on his walking stick.

'But the next thing I saw him washing his BMW in the driveway - he appeared to be strolling 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 ended up being more reserved and didn't state a lot to individuals.

'There was constantly something dodgy about her - she would not look individuals in the eye and boasted about going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan however would never state where it was.

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

Phillips had actually fraudulently declared ₤ 100k in PIP, housing benefits, employment assistance allowance and council tax decreases that he was not eligible for. Neighbours told of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the existence of carers, but at other times was seen 'strolling great'

Following the authorities raid on the quiet rural street, neighbours were entrusted concerns regarding why the couple had been apprehended - and some allege Lloyd had later informed them it was down to pet dog breeding.

But these concerns were lastly put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had declared a total of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not gotten approved for in housing benefits, carers allowance and individual independence payments over the course of 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was also discovered 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, laid out how the mother's intricate scam began when she wrongly began declaring housing advantages for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was found to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a fake tenancy agreement for the 'completely fictitious caravan', eventually pocketing ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent house.

Then in 2018, she started making fraudulent claims that her hubby needed 'numerous everyday carers to take care of his needs'. She went as far as utilizing Phillips' sis Zoe's birth certificate to posture as his sibling 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 discovered to have actually been working under a false identity Wendy Lloyd at care company Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

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

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

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

One neighbour said they saw the couple loading up on of their cars and trucks earlier this week and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', just to later on discover they were off to jail

When MailOnline went to Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he showed Lloyd, neighbours revealed how the couple and her kid would allegedly 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 ever existed, or a certainly a separate, real caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, said: 'She informed individuals that the authorities raid was because someone had told on her for breeding border collie pups without a licence.

'I'm shocked they've been imprisoned. I thought they were all above board.

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

She included: 'I know they fulfilled as she was his carer. He was wed however Angela moved in. I believed she had actually resided in Southport.

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

'She was certainly spying on them.'

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

'There were a great deal of cops came here.

'He was at the street celebration for the Queen but other times he did appear very 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 immediately when we learnt the reality.

'All her DBS and referrals took a look at. The authorities stated we had actually done nothing wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips likewise duped money from the general public bag by failing to reveal the truth that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - allowing him to continue claiming more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax decreases.

He is likewise stated to have actually 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and need for care, stating that he was unable to do anything for himself.

He stated himself 'unsuited for work' and stopped working to discuss his wife's wage - unlawfully swiping ₤ 51k in work assistance allowance.

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

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

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

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

Lloyd was imprisoned for two years after admitting 7 counts of scams by false representation, and Phillips was also seen wiping back tears as he was jailed for 20 months for scams by incorrect representation and 3 counts of dishonestly failing to divulge info to make a gain.

Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC said: 'Over an 11-year duration, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled to defraud the public of simply 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 annually which you defrauded from the public.

'For those who look for to defraud the general public of limited and valuable advantages which require to be directed to those who require them, not those who just want to have them for factors of individual greed, that is a severe offense committed by each of you over a long duration of time.'