Man who wrongly claimed over £31,000 in benefits handed suspended jail term

A man who fraudulently claimed more than £31,000 in benefits has been handed a suspended jail term.

Marc Daniel Moore of Marathon Road in Douglas appeared before magistrates at Douglas Courthouse.

The 48 year old admitted one count of failing to tell officials he’d been working and eight of making false representations to obtain benefits between March 2019 and November last year.

The court heard Moore had been claiming incapacity benefit but worked as a chef in Ramsey, Maughold and Douglas without telling officials.

Magistrates said he’d embarked on a deliberate systematic fraud and had previous convictions for dishonesty offences, but noted he was paying the cash back voluntarily.

They jailed him for 18 months, suspended for two years, and ordered him to pay £125 costs.