Black Country dog breeder is best fraud in show
A dog breeder brazenly parades her prized dogs in a show ring unaware she is being recorded on camera – while illegally pocketing thousands of pounds in benefits by claiming she had difficulty walking.
Susan Malpas, from Willenhall was captured on film at the show by investigators.
She had raked in more than £16,000 over six years claiming she had difficulty walking and needed help leaving her house. But the Department for Work and Pensions filmed her jogging with a Collie at the Canine Show at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire in August last year.
The 62-year-old, of Neachells Lane, admitted falsely claiming the benefits at Wolverhampton Crown Court and the case was adjourned for a pre-sentence report to be drawn up. The footage shows her running around an arena with three dogs in front of an audience.
Malpas, who has a website on her breeding called Lanlin Rough Collies, admitted falsely claiming the money when she was interviewed by investigators.
She made the claims between May 2007 and October 2013 – and received £16,826 she was not entitled to. Despite telling the DWP she was unable to walk very far and that she had poor mobility, the video shows her jogging with a dog on a lead, doing three laps of the arena.
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