There is nothing remotely out of the normal about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the common eye, Lloyd looks like a normal middle-aged mum who works tirelessly to take care of her sick spouse.

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

Hiding behind the household's net curtains remained in truth 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 this week over a string of untruths consisting of utilizing a dead woman's identity, making up 'fake' medical conditions for her son, and creating pseudonyms to work while declaring carers allowance.

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

While the couple managed to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for many years - neighbours have actually exposed to MailOnline the apparent hints 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 discovered a web of lies consisting of the development of pseudonyms to claim advantages

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

Phillips imagined in an Assistance 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 event

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

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

Locals likewise told of how there was 'always something dodgy' about Lloyd, and that she would never ever 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 found she fraudulently pocketed almost ₤ 170,000 in advantages over a years, and likewise helped Phillips incorrectly claim advantages worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them leaving one of their 2 automobiles previously this week, they believed they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, only to find they were going to jail.

One neighbour told 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 automobiles in the driveway before he took a long period of time to get to his carer's automobile on his strolling stick.

'But the next thing I saw him cleaning his BMW in the driveway - he seemed to be strolling great 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 state a lot to individuals.

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

'They would take her teenage boy and go away on a Thursday night and not come home till 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 walking stick' in the presence of carers, but at other times was seen 'strolling fine'

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

But these concerns were lastly put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had declared an overall of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not gotten approved for in housing advantages, carers allowance and individual self-reliance payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was likewise found to have actually illegally claimed ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing benefits, employment assistance allowance and council tax reductions considering that 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, outlined how the mother's fancy fraud started when she falsely started claiming housing advantages for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was found to be a 'fictitious address'.

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

Then in 2018, she began making fraudulent claims that her husband required 'multiple day-to-day carers to address his requirements'. She went as far as using Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to present as his sibling 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 found to have actually been working under a false 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 son, declaring she had a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead lady's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in incorrect 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 needed carers due to 'health conditions'.

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

One neighbour stated they saw the couple loading up on of their cars and trucks earlier this week and presumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later on learn they were off to prison

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

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

Leni Newton, 63, said: 'She informed individuals that the police raid was since someone had told 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 just saw them a few days ago packing up luggage - I thought they were just going to their caravan.'

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

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

'She was clearly spying on them.'

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

'There were a great deal of police came here.

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

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

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

'All her DBS and references examined out. The authorities said we had not done anything wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips likewise tricked money from the general public handbag by failing to disclose the fact that Lloyd had actually moved into his home in 2018 - permitting him to continue declaring more than ₤ 13k in housing advantages and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.

He is also stated to have 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and require for care, specifying that he was unable to do anything for himself.

He declared himself 'unsuited for work' and failed to discuss his other half's wage - illegally taking ₤ 51k in employment assistance allowance.

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

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complicated current history' of mental health and specials needs including neurological condition, stress and anxiety and depression.

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

While Phillips had no previous convictions relating to comparable matters, however Lloyd's rap sheet shows previous entries for theft and dishonesty offences dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last appearance was in 2012.

Lloyd was jailed for 2 years after admitting 7 counts of fraud by false representation, and Phillips was likewise seen wiping back tears as he was imprisoned for 20 months for scams by incorrect 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 duration, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, handled to defraud the general public of simply 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 per year which you defrauded from the public.

'For those who look for to defraud the public of scarce and valuable benefits which require to be directed to those who need them, not those who merely wish to have them for reasons of personal greed, that is a major offence dedicated by each of you over a long period of time.'