There is nothing remotely out of the ordinary about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Merseyside.
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And to the typical eye, Lloyd looks like a regular middle-aged mum who works tirelessly to care for her ill husband.
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So it was to the sheer shock of neighbours when authorities came down on their driveway to rob the couple's St Helens home.

Hiding behind the family's net curtains remained in fact a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer cash.

Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned this week over a string of untruths consisting of utilizing a dead female's identity, comprising 'phony' medical conditions for her boy, and developing pseudonyms to work while declaring carers allowance.

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

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

Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a duration of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives uncovered a web of lies including the production of pseudonyms to claim advantages

The scammer next door: The presuming semi-detached house Lloyd had moved into with Phillips. Phillips had actually failed to reveal this to the council when she moved in in 2018

Phillips envisioned in an Aid for Heroes hoodie throughout a street party held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is stated to have played a DJ set at the event

Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were stressed for the couple after Phillips was seen looking extremely 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 identified washing his BMW, driving, and even playing a DJ set for their street party for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Locals also told of how there was 'constantly something dodgy' about Lloyd, and that she would never look people 'in the eye', however would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would escape to on the weekends.

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

When neighbours saw them packing up one of their 2 cars earlier today, they believed they were going off to stay at their secret caravan, only to find 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 being able to stroll whenever his carers were here.

'He was shuffling along and holding onto his automobiles 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 cleaning his BMW in the driveway - he appeared to be walking 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 police raid, they ended up being more reserved and didn't state a lot to individuals.

'There was always something dodgy about her - she wouldn't look individuals in the eye and extolled going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan however would never state where it was.

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

Phillips had fraudulently declared ₤ 100k in PIP, housing benefits, work assistance allowance and council tax decreases that he was not eligible for. Neighbours told of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a walking stick' in the presence of carers, but at other times was seen 'walking fine'

Following the police raid secret rural street, neighbours were left with questions as to why the couple had been detained - and some allege Lloyd had later informed them it was down to dog breeding.

But these questions were lastly laid to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had declared an overall of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not received in housing advantages, carers allowance and individual self-reliance payments over the course of 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was also discovered to have unlawfully claimed ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing advantages, work assistance allowance and council tax reductions given that 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, laid out how the mom's fancy fraud began when she wrongly began benefits 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', ultimately taking ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent house.

Then in 2018, she began making deceptive claims that her spouse needed 'several daily carers to take care of his requirements'. She went as far as utilizing Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to present as his sibling and claim that she was his main carer.

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

In 2022, she started inventing 'false medical conditions' for her boy, claiming she had a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead female's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in false disability living allowance overpayments were claimed in relation to this.

She once again used 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 told of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret place that she never revealed, and would say they were going to remain at the caravan from Thursday to Sunday

One neighbour said they saw the couple loading up on of their vehicles previously this week and presumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later on discover they were off to prison

When MailOnline went to Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he showed Lloyd, neighbours revealed how the couple and her boy would apparently go off to a caravan on the weekends.

It is not known whether this was the very same 'fictitious caravan' which took place to have actually never ever existed, or a certainly a separate, genuine caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, said: 'She told individuals that the authorities raid was due to the fact that somebody had actually told on her for reproducing border collie pups without a licence.

'I'm surprised they have actually been jailed. I thought they were all above board.

'I just saw them a couple of days ago loading up suitcases - I thought they were simply going to their caravan.'

She included: 'I understand they satisfied as she was his carer. He was wed but Angela moved in. I thought she had actually lived in Southport.

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

'She was obviously 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 however other times he did appear very frail.'

Hand in Hand homecare company verified to MailOnline that Lloyd had bona fide recommendations, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A spokesman said: 'We sacked her immediately when we found out the fact.

'All her DBS and references had a look at. The police stated we had not done anything wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips also scammed money from the public bag by failing to reveal the reality that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - permitting him to continue declaring more than ₤ 13k in housing advantages and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax decreases.

He is likewise said to have actually 'overemphasized' his medical conditions and need for care, specifying that he was not able to do anything for himself.

He stated himself 'unsuited for work' and failed to discuss his partner's wage - illegally swiping ₤ 51k in work assistance allowance.

However, Phillips declared that Lloyd had finished the type and had just 'asked him to sign it'.

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'intricate recent history' of mental health and impairments including neurological condition, stress and anxiety and anxiety.

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

While Phillips had no previous convictions relating to similar matters, nevertheless Lloyd's rap sheet reveals previous entries for theft and dishonesty offenses dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last appearance remained in 2012.

Lloyd was jailed for 2 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 fraud by false representation and three counts of dishonestly failing to reveal details to make a gain.

Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC stated: 'Over an 11-year duration, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled 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 duration, you had about ₤ 20,000 each year which you defrauded from the public.

'For those who look for to defraud the public of limited and valuable advantages which require to be directed to those who require them, not those who merely wish to have them for factors of individual greed, that is a major offence devoted by each of you over an extended period of time.'