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There is absolutely nothing from another location uncommon about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached home on a quiet 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 sick hubby.
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So it was to the large shock of neighbours when cops descended on their driveway to rob the couple's St Helens home.

Hiding behind the family's net curtains remained in fact a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.

Lloyd, 58, cried 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned this week over a string of untruths consisting of utilizing a dead woman's identity, making up 'phony' medical conditions for her son, and creating pseudonyms to work while declaring carers allowance.

Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise imprisoned after the set's huge advantages scams was lastly exposed.

While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for years - neighbours have actually revealed to MailOnline the obvious ideas that the couple were running a scam.

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

The fraudster next door: The assuming semi-detached house Lloyd had actually moved into with Phillips. Phillips had actually failed to divulge this to the council when she moved in in 2018

Phillips envisioned in an Aid for Heroes hoodie during a street party held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is stated 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 extremely frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stick to meet his carers.

But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times identified washing his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street celebration for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Locals also told of how there was 'always something dodgy' about Lloyd, and that she would never look people 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would get away to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to 2 years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently took nearly ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a decade, and also assisted Phillips wrongly claim benefits worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them packing up one of their two cars previously this week, they believed they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, only to discover 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 being able to walk whenever his carers were here.

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

'But the next thing I saw him washing his BMW in the driveway - he appeared to be strolling great 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 authorities raid, they ended up being more reserved and didn't say a lot to people.

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

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

Phillips had fraudulently claimed ₤ 100k in PIP, housing advantages, employment support allowance and council tax decreases that he was not eligible for. Neighbours told of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the existence of carers, but at other times was seen 'walking great'

Following the police raid on the quiet rural street, neighbours were entrusted to questions regarding why the couple had actually been jailed - and some allege Lloyd had later told them it was down to canine breeding.

But these concerns were finally put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had claimed an overall of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not received in housing benefits, carers allowance and individual independence payments over the course of 11-and-a-half years.

With the help of Lloyd, Phillips was likewise discovered to have illegally claimed ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing benefits, work assistance allowance and council tax decreases because 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, outlined how the mom's sophisticated scam started when she falsely began declaring housing benefits for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was found to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a fake occupancy agreement for the 'totally fictitious caravan', eventually filching ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent residence.

Then in 2018, she started making deceptive claims that her hubby needed 'multiple daily carers to participate in to his needs'. She went as far as using Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to pose as his sibling and claim that she was his main carer.

She likewise lied that she was unable to work due to being a full-time carer, however was discovered to have been working under a false identity Wendy Lloyd at care business Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

In 2022, she started inventing 'incorrect medical conditions' for her son, claiming she had a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead woman's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in false impairment living allowance overpayments were declared in relation to this.

She once again used the deceased lady's name as being her social employee to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, specifying that she needed carers due to 'health conditions'.

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

One neighbour said they saw the couple leaving on of their cars earlier this week and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later discover they were off to jail

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

It is not known whether this was the exact same 'fictitious caravan' which transpired to have actually never ever existed, or an undoubtedly a different, genuine caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, said: 'She informed individuals that the police raid was because somebody had informed on her for reproducing border collie pups without a licence.

'I'm stunned they have actually been imprisoned. I believed they were all above board.

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

She added: 'I know they fulfilled as she was his carer. He was wed but Angela moved in. I believed she had resided in Southport.

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

'She was certainly spying on them.'

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

'There were a lot of cops came here.

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

Hand in Hand homecare agency verified to MailOnline that Lloyd had authentic referrals, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A representative said: 'We sacked her immediately when we discovered out the reality.

'All her DBS and took a look at. The police said we had done absolutely nothing wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips likewise duped cash from the public handbag by stopping working to divulge the fact that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - enabling him to continue declaring more than ₤ 13k in housing advantages and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.

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

He declared himself 'unfit for work' and stopped working to discuss his wife's wage - illegally taking ₤ 51k in employment support allowance.

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

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complex current history' of mental health and disabilities consisting of neurological condition, stress and anxiety and anxiety.

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

While Phillips had no previous convictions associating with comparable matters, nevertheless Lloyd's rap sheet shows previous entries for theft and dishonesty offences dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last look remained in 2012.

Lloyd was jailed for 2 years after confessing 7 counts of fraud by incorrect representation, and Phillips was likewise seen wiping back tears as he was imprisoned 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 stated: 'Over an 11-year period, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled to defraud the general public of just short of ₤ 170,000 and you, Lee Phillips, of about ₤ 100,000. In your case, Mr Phillips, over a five-year duration, you had about ₤ 20,000 each year which you defrauded from the public.

'For those who look for to defraud the public of limited and valuable benefits which require to be directed to those who need them, not those who just wish to have them for factors of personal greed, that is a severe offense devoted by each of you over an extended period of time.'