Woman admits £13,000 benefits scam

A benefits cheat from Pulrose will be sentenced in September after pocketing almost £13,000 she wasn't entitled to.

56-year- old Amanda Bojang, of Oak Avenue in Douglas, appeared at Douglas Courthouse on Thursday.

She admitted making false statements or representations in order to obtain benefits between July 2015 and March 2017.

Magistrates heard she'd been claiming benefits for herself and her husband but failed to declare he was employed.

Social Enquiry Reports have been requested before she's sentenced on September 7 - she's been bailed until that date.