A BENEFIT cheat who claimed to be single was caught out after posting her wedding plans on a social networking site. Kelly Westgate, 28, of Beeton Close, Melbourn was overpaid £3,243.24 in housing and council tax benefit after failing to tell South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) that she had married and was living with her husband.But canny SCDC investigators discovered details of Miss Westgate’s relationship and wedding plans on the Friends Reunited website. She later admitted her failure to report a change in circumstances to SCDC at a hearing at Cambridge Magistrate’s Court on October 22.In mitigation, the court was told that Miss Westgate had recently separated from her husband and was now unemployed.She was sentenced to a six-week curfew order requiring her to wear an electronic tag and stay in her home from 8.30pm to 7am each day. The overpaid benefit is also being recovered.
She has since taken down her profile from the site.
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