A 61-year-old Norfolk man who claimed more than £50,000 in benefits while working in Nigeria has been handed a nine-month suspended sentence.
Stephen Allen of St Williams Way, Thorpe St Andrew, claimed £53,941.53 in disability living allowance and incapacity benefits over almost seven years between May 2006 and February 2013 while working out of the country.
Norwich Crown Court heard Allen had been granted benefits in 2004 after a doctor diagnosed him as being unable to work due to mental-health issues.
