Benefits cheat John Pickard left Department of Work and Pensions officials red-faced after scamming £18,000 while working at his local Job Centre. The 64-year-old fiddled taxpayers' cash, including incapacity benefit, while he was a claims processor at the employment outlet.
Pickard, of Whissonsett, near Dereham, Norfolk, continued to claim benefits, including pension credits, when he was a taxi driver for a private hire company after he quit the Job Centre.
Judge Peter Jacobs said: 'At some stage you also worked for the DWP which seems bizarre.'
Pickard is now repaying the money out of his weekly benefits, the court heard.
Under current guidelines he avoided a prison term, instead being ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work and given a 12-month community order at Norwich Crown Court yesterday. Read More
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