Benefit cheating lottery winner avoided prison

January 18, 2010 by  
Filed under Lottery News, Lottery Winners

A woman who won over £150,000 playing the UK National Lottery has narrowly avoided being sent to prison after being charged with benefit fraud, to the frustration of the judge. A recent change to the legal system in the UK meant that the benefit cheating lottery winner avoided prison and was handed a suspended prison sentence instead.

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