Plymouth single mother of four jailed for £44k benefit fraud

“To answer a few questions:
All her 4 children have the same father, the man she was married to. Unfortunely he couldn't keep hands nor penis to himself. And when he finally left her for yet another women he took any self respect and confidence she had with him. He hasn't given her a penny for the kids or bothered with them. So desparate to be loved she rebounded to the 'recoverying' drug addict and thats how she got to where she is. Because unfortunely Maxine711 it doesn't take a genuis to realise a drug addict will spend their money on drugs!! So what would have been her point of phoning him at work! She has had no family support and never had a job because she can neither read or write properly or had the confidence to get one. The little job she had was given and arranged by others helping her because of her situation. She also has to pay back the money so I hope that helps you sleep better at night. To the idiot who wrote she should not be allowed out alive, seriously get an education and life because your in desparate need of one!! I'm sure her children loved to read that! To the few who have wrote and expressed proper comments and reasons behind this, thank you for not believing everything you read and reading between the lines to realise things weren't right.”

“@klaniver41652 - i think that you're defo not on our planet! from the little bit i can actually make any sense of from your post.....first of all i said nothing about not being let out alive or throwing away the key, so get your facts right before going at me - i just said the debt shouldn't be wiped out just because of a jail sentence!”

“Single mothers range from those who have been married and their husbands have died, divorcees, separated cohabitees, through to those serial breeders with different partners who see living off benefits as a career choice. Why can't single mothers be more specific about which group they are in so that the level of public support can be determined.”

“R U on the Same PLANET with us 'MAXINE 711' +'G.GOM' ETC etc,why U talking about throw key away/or never B-ing out Alive.Its '£'+its Not LIFE Taken Away. Anyone would think N Person did suming like wiped a country by N-BOMB or went on a KILLING Nutty Spree.UZ Seriously gota Bad Boreing life 2 read wat i HAD 2 REPLY 2!.PS, NO I'M FAR FROM AVING ALOT' OV '£' But U'll Never No lol 2u poor wana B '£' Lossers,& U No i'm Right+I Can Spell If u beleive in?”

“@MissAnthrope - your comment makes no sense
@annominous - it says the man she was living with was working, yet you say he was a smackhead who could disappear for weeks......did she not think to contact him at work then!

she may well have to suffer a few months in jail, i doubt she'll serve the whole 6 months, but when she does come out then that's it, debt repaid, now that is wrong why should the debt be written off just because she has gone to jail - jail and repay what you owe!”

“She should never be let out alive.”

“i know the women personal and she had good reasons the man was a raging smackhead and she could not rely on him for support as he was never always there and could disappear for days or weeks on end bit harsh what some of you are saying”

“left school with nothing, but clearly she did.. shes clued up on how to bend the system.
Really hacks me off how people do this then make it realy hard for those who really need the help.”

“What was it about the working man living intermittently with her and her children over five years that meant she needed 44,000 less to support her children with? Surely the assumption is that the man in question had provided a level of financial support of those teenage children. Is that a reasonable assumption? If in fact he had not, and she was financially functioning as a single mother, what was she supposed to do? May single mothers ONLY find companionship with a partner who is willing and able to support their children from a previous relationship? If that partner is not willing or able then she must inform him that he does not meet the state determined expectations of him and she must ask him to leave? Is that the level of state intervention we wish to have in such intimate aspects of a persons life? People do form relationships that do not include financial support of children that are not theirs. Single mothers do sometimes form relationships with such people. It is archaic to think that a male partner will automatically provide for children from a previous relationship. It is ignorant to think the actual and real well being of those children is automatically taken care of by a partnership that may realistically be about companionship and not financial support. This mother has gone to jail for claiming support she should be entitled to, to ensure the well being of the children. Ask the man to provide evidence that he was providing financial support. If he was, ok, I think jail is extreme, but there was wrongdoing. If there is no evidence of his support, then invent a law that says he is obliged to support the kids and chuck him in jail.”

“And will the CSA persue her for child maintenance while she is in prison - will they like as! A collegue in a relationship was sent to prison (white collar criminal offence), his marriage failed and the CSA went after him!”