There is absolutely nothing from another location out of the ordinary about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached house on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the common eye, Lloyd appears like a typical middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to care for her ill other half.

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

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

Lloyd, 58, cried 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned today over a string of untruths consisting of utilizing a dead woman's identity, making up 'fake' medical conditions for her child, and creating pseudonyms to work while declaring carers allowance.

Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise imprisoned after the set's huge benefits scams was finally exposed.

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

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

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

Phillips envisioned in a Help for Heroes hoodie throughout a street celebration held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is stated to have played a DJ set at the occasion

Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were worried for the couple after Phillips was seen looking extremely frail as he would 'hobble' on his strolling stick to satisfy 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 informed of how there was 'always something dodgy' about Lloyd, and that she would never look individuals 'in the eye', however would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would get away to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to two years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently swiped almost ₤ 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 packing up one of their two cars and trucks earlier today, they believed they were going off to stay at their secret caravan, only to discover they were going to prison.

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

'He was shuffling along and keeping his cars in the driveway before he took a long time to get to his carer's car on his strolling stick.

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

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

'But after the cops raid, they ended up being more reserved and didn't say a lot to individuals.

'There was always something dodgy about her - she would not look people in the eye and bragged about going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan however would never ever state where it was.

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

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

Following the cops raid on the quiet rural street, neighbours were left with concerns as to why the couple had actually been jailed - and some allege Lloyd had later told them it was down to dog breeding.

But these questions were finally laid to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had claimed a total of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not qualified for in housing benefits, carers allowance and individual self-reliance payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.

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

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, laid out how the mom's elaborate scam started when she wrongly started claiming housing benefits for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was discovered to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a phony tenancy agreement for the 'totally fictitious caravan', ultimately filching ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent house.

Then in 2018, she began making deceitful claims that her spouse needed 'several daily carers to take care of his requirements'. She reached utilizing Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to present as his brother or sister and claim that she was his primary carer.

She likewise lied that she was unable to work due to being a full-time carer, however was discovered to have actually been working under an incorrect identity Wendy Lloyd at care company Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

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

She once again used the departed woman's name as being her social worker to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, stating 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 revealed, and would state they were going to remain at the caravan from Thursday to Sunday

One neighbour said they saw the couple packing up on of their vehicles earlier today and assumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later on learn they were off to jail

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

It is not understood whether this was the same 'fictitious caravan' which took place to have actually never existed, or a certainly a different, real caravan.

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

'I'm surprised they've been jailed. I believed they were all above board.

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

She included: 'I understand they fulfilled as she was his carer. He was married but Angela relocated. I thought she had actually resided in Southport.

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

'She was undoubtedly spying on them.'

Her partner David Manchester, 70, said: 'It's a big surprise they appeared to be living a double life.

'There were a great deal of authorities came here.

'He was at the street celebration for the Queen but other times he did seem really frail.'

Hand in Hand homecare agency confirmed to MailOnline that Lloyd had bona fide references, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A spokesperson said: 'We sacked her instantly when we discovered out the reality.

'All her DBS and referrals took a look at. The we had actually done nothing wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips also tricked money from the general public handbag by stopping working to reveal the truth that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - permitting him to continue claiming more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.

He is likewise stated to have actually 'overemphasized' his medical conditions and require for care, mentioning that he was unable to do anything for himself.

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

However, Phillips alleged that Lloyd had finished 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 specials needs consisting of neurological condition, anxiety and anxiety.

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

While Phillips had no previous convictions associating with comparable matters, however 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 jailed for two years after admitting 7 counts of scams by false representation, and Phillips was also seen wiping back tears as he was jailed for 20 months for fraud by incorrect representation and three counts of dishonestly stopping working to disclose details to make a gain.

Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC said: 'Over an 11-year period, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled to defraud the general public of just short of ₤ 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 seek to defraud the public of limited and important benefits which need to be directed to those who require them, not those who merely wish to have them for factors of individual greed, that is a severe offense dedicated by each of you over a long period of time.'