A pound a week, Gwen? What does she take me for, a fool? I’ll be 104 by the time it’s paid off
Jaded_Strain_3753 on
This seems like a reasonable outcome? There’s no point trying to force her to pay it quicker if she simply doesn’t have any money. She also got a suspended sentence and unpaid work.
PracticeNo8733 on
I suppose being law-abiding I don’t get the interest-free long term £16.5k loan.
SlanderousIntent on
Ha, should be a baroness and nick hundreds of millions and not pay any back.
JackStrawWitchita on
Remember, the real punishment will be having a criminal record for fraud follow her around for life. She will be turned down for jobs, she’ll be turned down by landlords, she’ll be turned down for loans, she’ll be turned down for all kinds of things, even volunteer roles, because of this conviction. Paying back the money is nothing compared to the lifelong impact of a criminal record for fraud.
She’s totally screwed over her life by doing this.
No-Dance1377 on
Just be recommended as a Baroness by the PM and never have to pay a penny. Simple
AdrianFish on
Everyday when I wake up at 6 and go to work I think about people like this. And I’ve found myself thinking about them more and more lately.
evolveandprosper on
…whereas Michelle Mone won’t have to pay back a penny of the millions she and her husband fraudulently took. Funny old world, isn’t it!
radiant_0wl on
It’s difficult to assess but the fact she’s employed should indicate that she has the means to contribute more – even if we base it on her working part time then she should have the obligation to work longer to pay her debts.
It shouldn’t be her will we (the state) bend to.
MultiMidden on
It’s people like this that are turning the ordinary working public against the welfare state and the general idea of taxation. How do you think stealing £16,500 from the taxpayer sits with the minimum wage worker whose taxes helped pay for this and knows how much trouble they’d be in for stealing £16,500? Then of course add to that the fact that this money for meant to be for for her 3 children but they’d been taken into care because she was clearly unfit to look after them.
Humans have a strong sense of injustice (even other primates like monkeys have it) don’t underestimate its power.
One-Cod-5049 on
This is the true two-tier society we live in.
Middle earner? You’re held to account.
Too rich or too poor? You get a free pass.
Sickening.
AnakinsAngstFace on
People are more angry about this than they are about the big companies avoiding corp tax and it’s very telling
mittenkrusty on
I was accused a few years back of being overpaid HB from 10 years previous and the local council even admitted they couldn’t find a record of it just a note saying I owed it and took £25 a week to pay it off.
I was on disability related UC and it caused me a lot of distress, couldn’t afford heating, food went down to bread and pasta etc.
leethario on
Such a racist decision. If she hadn’t been a white brit she would have got away with it.
SnooCauliflowers6739 on
+£85 fine +120 hours community work.
If I took a 16500 loan for 22 years and paid it back monthly, but got 5% interest on the money, I’d make £9k (after the £85 fine).
£9k for 120hrs work seems good to me.
I took would like to take up this offer.
ruffianrevolution on
It doesn’t matter. As soon as she said she’s going to pay it back, the government can spend all of it, on a promise. Just like banks and your mortgage.
Lower_Kaleidoscope_3 on
Didn’t she know, this is the UK, only politicians and the rich can fraudulently take money!!!
BestUserNamesTaken- on
An unfit mother with her children no longer in her care.
OokiiSaizu32 on
These bloody white people, already being here and claiming benefits they’re not entitled to.
Sszaj on
Assuming she just put the £16500 in to a reasonable ~4ish % fixed saver for the 22 years she’d be able to pay it back with just the interest. Nice.
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A pound a week, Gwen? What does she take me for, a fool? I’ll be 104 by the time it’s paid off
This seems like a reasonable outcome? There’s no point trying to force her to pay it quicker if she simply doesn’t have any money. She also got a suspended sentence and unpaid work.
I suppose being law-abiding I don’t get the interest-free long term £16.5k loan.
Ha, should be a baroness and nick hundreds of millions and not pay any back.
Remember, the real punishment will be having a criminal record for fraud follow her around for life. She will be turned down for jobs, she’ll be turned down by landlords, she’ll be turned down for loans, she’ll be turned down for all kinds of things, even volunteer roles, because of this conviction. Paying back the money is nothing compared to the lifelong impact of a criminal record for fraud.
She’s totally screwed over her life by doing this.
Just be recommended as a Baroness by the PM and never have to pay a penny. Simple
Everyday when I wake up at 6 and go to work I think about people like this. And I’ve found myself thinking about them more and more lately.
…whereas Michelle Mone won’t have to pay back a penny of the millions she and her husband fraudulently took. Funny old world, isn’t it!
It’s difficult to assess but the fact she’s employed should indicate that she has the means to contribute more – even if we base it on her working part time then she should have the obligation to work longer to pay her debts.
It shouldn’t be her will we (the state) bend to.
It’s people like this that are turning the ordinary working public against the welfare state and the general idea of taxation. How do you think stealing £16,500 from the taxpayer sits with the minimum wage worker whose taxes helped pay for this and knows how much trouble they’d be in for stealing £16,500? Then of course add to that the fact that this money for meant to be for for her 3 children but they’d been taken into care because she was clearly unfit to look after them.
Humans have a strong sense of injustice (even other primates like monkeys have it) don’t underestimate its power.
This is the true two-tier society we live in.
Middle earner? You’re held to account.
Too rich or too poor? You get a free pass.
Sickening.
People are more angry about this than they are about the big companies avoiding corp tax and it’s very telling
I was accused a few years back of being overpaid HB from 10 years previous and the local council even admitted they couldn’t find a record of it just a note saying I owed it and took £25 a week to pay it off.
I was on disability related UC and it caused me a lot of distress, couldn’t afford heating, food went down to bread and pasta etc.
Such a racist decision. If she hadn’t been a white brit she would have got away with it.
+£85 fine +120 hours community work.
If I took a 16500 loan for 22 years and paid it back monthly, but got 5% interest on the money, I’d make £9k (after the £85 fine).
£9k for 120hrs work seems good to me.
I took would like to take up this offer.
It doesn’t matter. As soon as she said she’s going to pay it back, the government can spend all of it, on a promise. Just like banks and your mortgage.
Didn’t she know, this is the UK, only politicians and the rich can fraudulently take money!!!
An unfit mother with her children no longer in her care.
These bloody white people, already being here and claiming benefits they’re not entitled to.
Assuming she just put the £16500 in to a reasonable ~4ish % fixed saver for the 22 years she’d be able to pay it back with just the interest. Nice.