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Maid Marian
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 Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:12 pm Post subject: TV dancer, 74, to repay benefits |
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He was very silly to enter the competition in the first place knowing he was claiming disability benefits IMO!
| Quote: | A pensioner who showcased his breakdancing skills on television is paying back £3,000 after his disability claims were investigated.
Fred Bowers, 74, of Sutton Bonnington, near Loughborough, appeared on ITV1's Britain's Got Talent before being knocked out in the semi-finals.
The Department of Work and Pensions found he should not get cash from the Motability scheme, along with a car.
He is repaying the cash at £10 a week - and is still performing on dance shows.
Mr Bowers said: "I've agreed to pay the money back which I said I would in the first place.
"I just want to get on with my life now. I've got some shows coming up and I want to be able to do them without being upset by what people are saying."
He said he never deliberately deceived anyone adding: "I would never do that."
Bowers said he just wanted to carry on dancing, and may have another go at Britain's Got Talent.
A spokeswoman for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said: "Although the DWP does not comment on individual cases we do investigate and take seriously all accusations of fraudulent benefits claims." |
Source - BBC
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julie
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Should have been more honest in the first place IMO |
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Kellie
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and so he should pay it back, people like that really do annoy me
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