Peel couple accused of wrongly claiming benefits

Friday, 4 August 2017 08:09

By Jason Roberts @ChpsChsGrvy

A husband and wife from Peel have been accused of cheating the benefit system.

55-year-old Stephen Keith Tate and 46-year-old Lorraine Emma Tate, of Ballaquane Road, appeared at Douglas Courthouse on Thursday.

Mr Tate has been charged with nine counts of making false representations to obtain benefits - his wife has been charged with six counts of the same charge.

The offences were allegedly carried out between June 2015 and May 2016 - a three-week adjournment was granted; they've been bailed until their next appearance on August 24th.

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