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A woman who was filmed running the Race for Life despite claiming disability benefits has been given an eight-week jail term suspended for 15 months.A woman who was filmed running the Race for Life despite claiming disability benefits has been given an eight-week jail term suspended for 15 months.
Susan Hutchinson, 56, of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, was paid £23,000, because she was "too weak to work" but was filmed smiling during the 5KM race. Susan Hutchinson, 56, of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, was paid £23,000 because she was "too weak to work" but was filmed smiling in the 5km (three-mile) race.
Hutchinson had admitted six fraud and theft charges.Hutchinson had admitted six fraud and theft charges.
The judge at Cardiff Crown Court said he was suspending the sentence because Hutchinson cares for a disabled son.The judge at Cardiff Crown Court said he was suspending the sentence because Hutchinson cares for a disabled son.
Magistrates in Barry in October heard Hutchinson led a double life for five years, using her real name to claim disability living allowance and a false name to work in a nursing home and as a personal assistant.
She was filmed by a Department for Work and Pensions fraud investigator in May in the grounds of Cardiff Castle taking part in the Race for Life which raises money for cancer research.
Susan Hutchinson was filmed in the Cardiff 5km Race for Life
The DWP discovered that regular payments were being made from Hutchinson's account to the women-only gym Hydrofitness, in Barry. She was also filmed there using gym equipment.
When the case was brought, the DWP said the benefits Hutchinson claimed, as well as income support, council tax benefit and housing benefit, were "reserved for the most severely disabled members of society, who are either unable to walk or virtually unable to walk."
At the sentencing, Tom Crowther, prosecuting, said Hutchinson had lived a "separate existence" under the surname Johnson.
He said: "By the name Johnson she was known as active, healthy and industrious. She had an early morning habit of going to the gym, worked 12-hour shifts at a care home and other jobs.
"As Hutchinson she was a woman known to the Department for Work and Pensions and local council as someone crippled by disability, unable to live any regular life."
The recorder, Peter Rouch QC, suspended her sentence for 15 months so that she could return home to look after her disabled 36-year-old son.