A Trowbridge woman pleaded guilty to making a false claim for council tax benefit when she appeared at North West Wiltshire Magistrates Court last Tuesday.
Samantha Perks, 40, of Crossroads, Semington, failed to declare £20,000 when she applied for the benefit and received £3,847.20, between April 2009 and February 2012.
Magistrates, in Chippenham gave Perks a 12- month conditional discharge and ordered her to pay costs of £75.
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