There is nothing remotely unusual about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached home on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the common eye, Lloyd looks like a typical middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to take care of her ill partner.

So it was to the sheer shock of neighbours when police came down on their driveway to raid the couple's St Helens home.

Hiding behind the household's net drapes remained in reality a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.

Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was jailed today over a string of untruths consisting of using a dead female's identity, comprising 'phony' medical conditions for her kid, and producing pseudonyms to work while declaring carers allowance.

Husband Phillips, 54, was also imprisoned after the pair's massive advantages scams was finally exposed.

While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for years - neighbours have actually revealed to MailOnline the apparent ideas that the couple were running a scam.

Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a period of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives discovered a web of lies consisting of the production of pseudonyms to declare advantages

The fraudster next door: The assuming semi-detached house Lloyd had moved into with Phillips. Phillips had actually stopped working to divulge this to the council when she moved in in 2018

Phillips visualized in a Help for Heroes hoodie during a street party held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is said to have actually played a DJ set at the occasion

Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were stressed for the couple after Phillips was seen looking very frail as he would 'hobble' on his strolling adhere to fulfill his carers.

But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times spotted washing his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street party for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Locals likewise informed of how there was 'constantly something dodgy' about Lloyd, which she would never look people 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would leave to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to two years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently swiped nearly ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a years, and likewise assisted Phillips wrongly claim advantages worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them leaving one of their 2 cars and trucks earlier today, they thought they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, just to discover they were going to jail.

One neighbour informed MailOnline of the couple: 'I thought they were dodgy as he made a real program of not having the ability to walk whenever his carers were here.

'He was shuffling along and holding onto his cars in the driveway before he took a long time to get to his carer's vehicle on his walking stick.

'But the next thing I saw him washing his BMW in the driveway - he appeared to be strolling great then.

'And he did a DJ set for the Queen's Jubilee celebration back in 2022. He had all the speakers out and whatever.

'But after the authorities raid, they became more reserved and didn't state a lot to individuals.

'There was constantly something dodgy about her - she would not look individuals in the eye and bragged about going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan but would never ever say where it was.

'They would take her teenage child and disappear on a Thursday night and not come home until Sunday.'

Phillips had actually fraudulently claimed ₤ 100k in PIP, housing advantages, work assistance allowance and council tax decreases that he was not qualified for. Neighbours informed of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the presence of carers, however at other times was seen 'walking great'

Following the police raid on the peaceful rural street, neighbours were entrusted to questions as to why the couple had been arrested - and some declare Lloyd had later informed them it was down to pet dog breeding.

But these questions were finally put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had actually claimed an overall of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not received in housing advantages, carers allowance and individual independence payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was likewise found to have unlawfully declared ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing advantages, work assistance allowance and council tax reductions considering that 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, outlined how the mom's sophisticated scam started when she incorrectly began declaring housing advantages for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was discovered to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a fake occupancy agreement for the 'totally fictitious caravan', eventually pocketing ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent residence.

Then in 2018, she began making deceitful claims that her partner needed 'numerous daily carers to attend to his requirements'. She went as far as utilizing Phillips' sis Zoe's birth certificate to impersonate his brother or sister and claim that she was his primary carer.

She likewise lied that she was not able to work due to being a full-time carer, however was discovered to have been working under an incorrect identity Wendy Lloyd at care business Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

In 2022, she began developing 'incorrect medical conditions' for her child, claiming she had actually a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead lady's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in incorrect disability living allowance overpayments were claimed in relation to this.

She once again utilized the deceased female's name as being her social employee to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, mentioning that she required carers due to 'health conditions'.

Neighbours informed of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret location that she never exposed, and would say they were going to remain at the caravan from Thursday to Sunday

One neighbour said they saw the couple leaving on of their automobiles previously today and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later learn they were off to jail

When MailOnline checked out Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he showed Lloyd, neighbours exposed how the couple and her son would supposedly go off to a caravan on the weekends.

It is not understood whether this was the same 'fictitious caravan' which transpired to have actually never existed, or an undoubtedly a separate, genuine caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, stated: 'She told individuals that the police raid was since somebody had told on her for reproducing border collie pups without a licence.

'I'm shocked they've been imprisoned. I thought they were all above board.

'I just saw them a couple of days ago leaving luggage - I believed they were simply going to their caravan.'

She added: 'I know they satisfied as she was his carer. He was married however Angela relocated. I thought she had actually lived in Southport.

'I did see his ex-wife parked up in the street seeing his house when they divided.

'She was clearly spying on them.'

Her partner David Manchester, 70, stated: 'It's a huge surprise they seemed to be living a double life.

'There were a great deal of police came here.

'He was at the street party for the Queen but other times he did appear extremely frail.'

Hand in Hand homecare company validated to MailOnline that Lloyd had authentic references, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A spokesman stated: 'We sacked her instantly when we learnt the truth.

'All her DBS and references examined out. The authorities stated we had done nothing wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips also defrauded cash from the public purse by stopping working to divulge the truth that Lloyd had actually moved into his home in 2018 - enabling him to continue declaring more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax decreases.

He is likewise said to have 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and need for care, mentioning that he was unable to do anything for himself.

He declared himself 'unsuited for work' and failed to discuss his spouse's wage - unlawfully taking ₤ 51k in work assistance allowance.

However, Phillips alleged that Lloyd had actually completed the form and had just 'asked him to sign it'.

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complex current history' of psychological health and impairments including neurological condition, anxiety and depression.

He was likewise stated to have actually a pacemaker fitted and appeared in court in a wheelchair.

While Phillips had no previous convictions associating with comparable matters, nevertheless Lloyd's rap sheet reveals previous entries for theft and dishonesty offences dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last look was in 2012.

Lloyd was imprisoned for two years after admitting seven counts of scams by false representation, and Phillips was likewise seen cleaning back tears as he was imprisoned for 20 months for scams by false representation and three counts of dishonestly stopping working to reveal details to make a gain.

Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC said: 'Over an 11-year period, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, managed to defraud the general public of just except ₤ 170,000 and you, Lee Phillips, of about ₤ 100,000. In your case, Mr Phillips, over a five-year period, you had about ₤ 20,000 each year which you defrauded from the general public.

'For those who look for to defraud the public of scarce and important advantages which need to be directed to those who require them, not those who just want to have them for reasons of individual greed, that is a serious offense devoted by each of you over an extended period of time.'