... council clerk who falsely claimed £3,803. She had to pay the money back but got fined £100 with £70 costs and a £15 victim surcharge....... less than not paying your TV licence?

she had a cracking holiday though. That's the main thing.

The irony in that case is excellent, from the circumstances of where she was working to the sentence.

For a the risk of a measly £100 fine I'm off down the Civic today for a pile of forms to see how long I can get away with it for cos the interest at the bank would far outweigh the fine if or when you eventually got caught.

and you could pay the first one back with a second loan you have no intentions of repaying

so how come someone assessing her claim at the counil did not pick up on the fact she was working there ?

Probably because either,

a) they were in on it

or

b) most folk working for the council don't come from the top of the class.

or

c) Because there are so many 'working' there that they can't possibly all know each other.

i go for rippers theory it sounds more plausible

both of them?

The funny thing is she has now been promoted to Chief Executive

I'll bet she keeps her job......................

Who does the victim surchage go to here then?

The victim is us as tax payers surely?

I await my percentage in the post

The funny part is, if you're a green terrorist and enemy of the lentil... meaning you left your whelly bin lid open or threw a fag end down, you get a whacking fine, costs and then slapped with victim surcharges ... if you're a 'regular' ... you just get what you haven't been doing extended ... such as not doing community service and no victim surcharge ... 'season ticket holders' at the magistrates seem to operate in a different legal system.