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Traffic warden made benefit claim Traffic warden to repay benefits
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A traffic warden has pleaded guilty to wrongly claiming £7,335 in disability benefit after returning to work. A traffic warden has admitted wrongly claiming the higher rate of disability benefit after returning to work and will repay £7,336.
Peter Hollifield, 57, from Caerphilly, made a legitimate claim in 2005 but returned to work in May 2006.Peter Hollifield, 57, from Caerphilly, made a legitimate claim in 2005 but returned to work in May 2006.
He told magistrates in the town he could walk only 10 yards very slowly when he was ill but the court heard he walked up to four miles a day at work. He said he could walk only 10 yards very slowly when ill, but magistrates heard he walked up to four miles a day.
He defence team said the claim had been an "oversight" and was being repaid. Hollifield will be sentenced later. His defence team said the claim was an "oversight", and he was sentenced to carry out 120 hours unpaid work.
The court heard Hollifield was repaying what he had been overpaid at a rate of £100 a month. The court heard that Hollifield admitted claiming the higher rate of Disability Living Allowance and was repaying what he had been overpaid at a rate of £100 a month.
The highest level of allowance is only given to people who either cannot walk at all or can only walk a short distance, the hearing was told.
When Hollifield made his original claim, he said it took him two minutes to walk 10 yards.
But magistrates were told that he would walk three or four miles a day as a traffic warden.
His legal team also said he still had the disabilities that he originally had but that the drugs he had been taking had helped his mobility.His legal team also said he still had the disabilities that he originally had but that the drugs he had been taking had helped his mobility.
He will be sentenced later on Monday afternoon.