There is absolutely nothing from another location unusual about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached house on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the common eye, Lloyd appears like a typical middle-aged mum who works tirelessly to care for her ill hubby.

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 household's net drapes was in truth a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.

Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned this week over a string of untruths including using a dead lady's identity, comprising 'phony' medical conditions for her child, and producing pseudonyms to work while declaring carers allowance.

Husband Phillips, 54, was also imprisoned after the set's enormous advantages fraud was lastly exposed.

While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for several years - neighbours have exposed to MailOnline the obvious clues that the couple were running a fraud.

Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a period of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives revealed a web of lies including the of pseudonyms to declare benefits

The fraudster next door: The presuming semi-detached home Lloyd had moved into with Phillips. Phillips had stopped working to divulge this to the council when she relocated in 2018

Phillips pictured in a Help for Heroes hoodie during a street celebration held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is said to have actually played a DJ set at the event

Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were stressed for the couple after Phillips was seen looking really frail as he would 'hobble' on his strolling adhere to meet 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 ever look individuals 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would escape to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to two years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently swiped nearly ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a years, and likewise helped Phillips wrongly claim benefits worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them leaving among their two cars earlier this week, they thought 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 believed they were dodgy as he made a real program of not having the ability to stroll whenever his carers were here.

'He was shuffling along and holding onto his automobiles in the driveway before he took a long time to get to his carer's cars and truck on his strolling stick.

'But the next thing I saw him washing his BMW in the driveway - he seemed 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 whatever.

'But after the cops raid, they became more reserved and didn't say a lot to individuals.

'There was always something dodgy about her - she wouldn't look people in the eye and bragged about going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan however would never state where it was.

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

Phillips had fraudulently declared ₤ 100k in PIP, housing benefits, work support allowance and council tax decreases that he was not eligible for. Neighbours informed of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the existence of carers, however at other times was seen 'strolling fine'

Following the authorities raid on the quiet rural street, neighbours were entrusted questions as to why the couple had actually been detained - and some declare Lloyd had later told them it was down to dog breeding.

But these questions were lastly laid to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had claimed a total of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not qualified for in housing advantages, carers allowance and individual independence payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was also discovered to have actually illegally declared ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing advantages, employment assistance allowance and council tax reductions since 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, laid out how the mother's sophisticated scam started when she incorrectly began claiming housing advantages for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was found to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a phony occupancy contract for the 'entirely fictitious caravan', ultimately swiping ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent home.

Then in 2018, she began making deceitful claims that her other half needed 'numerous daily carers to attend to his needs'. She went as far as using Phillips' sister Zoe's birth certificate to posture as his brother or sister and claim that she was his primary carer.

She also lied that she was not able to work due to being a full-time carer, but was discovered to have actually been working under an incorrect identity Wendy Lloyd at care company Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

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

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

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

One neighbour stated they saw the couple packing up on of their cars and trucks earlier today and presumed they were going off to their 'caravan', just to later on learn they were off to jail

When MailOnline checked out Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he shared with Lloyd, neighbours revealed how the couple and her boy would apparently go off to a caravan on the weekends.

It is not understood whether this was the same 'fictitious caravan' which transpired to have never existed, or an undoubtedly a separate, genuine caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, stated: 'She informed individuals that the cops raid was since someone had actually informed on her for breeding border collie puppies without a licence.

'I'm stunned they have actually been jailed. I thought they were all above board.

'I just saw them a couple of days ago packing up luggage - I thought they were simply going to their caravan.'

She included: 'I understand they met as she was his carer. He was married however Angela moved in. I thought she had actually lived in Southport.

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

'She was undoubtedly spying on them.'

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

'There were a great deal of police came here.

'He was at the street party for the Queen but other times he did appear extremely frail.'

Hand in Hand homecare firm confirmed to MailOnline that Lloyd had bona fide recommendations, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A spokesman stated: 'We sacked her right away when we discovered out the fact.

'All her DBS and referrals had a look at. The police said we had not done anything wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips likewise swindled cash from the public bag by failing to divulge 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 reductions.

He is likewise stated to have 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and need for care, specifying that he was not able to do anything for himself.

He declared himself 'unfit for work' and failed to discuss his better half's wage - unlawfully pocketing ₤ 51k in employment support allowance.

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

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complicated current history' of psychological health and disabilities consisting of neurological disorder, stress and anxiety and depression.

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

While Phillips had no previous convictions connecting to similar matters, nevertheless 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 2 years after confessing seven counts of scams by incorrect representation, and Phillips was likewise seen wiping back tears as he was jailed for 20 months for scams by false representation and three counts of dishonestly failing to reveal information 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 just brief of ₤ 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 general public.

'For those who look for to defraud the general public of scarce and important advantages which require to be directed to those who require them, not those who simply want to have them for reasons of individual greed, that is a major offence devoted by each of you over an extended period of time.'
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