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Airdrie benefits cheat in court again after admitting breach of payback order

A benefits cheat has admitted breaking the community payback order she was handed down for illegally obtaining nearly £10,000.

Dalwhinnie Place resident Wendy Morrissey, 43, failed to declare to authorities that the landlord of her home was in fact the father of her children.

As a result, she got her hands on £8500 to which she wasn’t entitled.

Morrissey was spared a custodial sentence last September, but will now return to court in January to face punishment after admitting ignoring the alternative.

A criminal justice social work report is necessary but wasn’t prepared on time after social work correspondence was sent to the wrong address.

Sheriff Petra Collins said: “This is Sheriff Shankland’s case so I’ll defer it for reports again since the wrong address was in the system.

”You’ll come back here on January 3.”

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