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There is absolutely nothing remotely uncommon about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached house on a quiet cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the typical eye, Lloyd looks like a normal middle-aged mum who works tirelessly to take care of her ill partner.

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 drapes remained in fact a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer cash.

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

Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise imprisoned after the set's enormous fraud was finally exposed.

While the couple handled to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for many years - neighbours have revealed to MailOnline the obvious hints that the couple were running a fraud.

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

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

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

Initially, neighbours on Birch Gardens were worried for the couple after Phillips was seen looking very frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stick to satisfy his carers.

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

Locals likewise informed of how there was 'constantly something dodgy' about Lloyd, which she would never ever look individuals 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would get away to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to two years after Liverpool Crown Court discovered she fraudulently pocketed nearly ₤ 170,000 in benefits over a decade, and also assisted Phillips wrongly claim benefits worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them packing up one of their two vehicles previously today, they believed they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, only to find they were going to prison.

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

'He was shuffling along and keeping his automobiles in the driveway before he took a long period of time to get to his carer's automobile on his walking stick.

'But the next thing I saw him washing his BMW in the driveway - he seemed to be walking 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 authorities raid, they became 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 boasted about going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan however would never ever say where it was.

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

Phillips had fraudulently claimed ₤ 100k in PIP, housing benefits, work support allowance and council tax reductions that he was not eligible for. Neighbours told of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the presence of carers, however at other times was seen 'strolling fine'

Following the authorities raid secret suburban street, neighbours were left with questions as to why the couple had actually been jailed - and some declare Lloyd had later informed them it was down to dog breeding.

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

With the assistance of Lloyd, Phillips was also discovered to have actually unlawfully claimed ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing benefits, employment support allowance and council tax reductions because 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, described how the mom's elaborate fraud began when she incorrectly began declaring housing advantages for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was found to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a phony tenancy arrangement 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 deceptive claims that her hubby required 'several everyday carers to address his requirements'. She reached using Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to impersonate his sibling 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 found to have been working under a false identity Wendy Lloyd at care business Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

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

She again used the departed woman's name as being her social employee to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, mentioning that she required carers due to 'health conditions'.

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

One neighbour said they saw the couple packing up on of their cars earlier this week and presumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later find out they were off to prison

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

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

Leni Newton, 63, said: 'She told individuals that the cops raid was because somebody had told on her for reproducing border collie pups without a licence.

'I'm shocked they have actually been imprisoned. I believed they were all above board.

'I only saw them a few days ago leaving suitcases - I thought they were simply going to their caravan.'

She added: 'I know they met as she was his carer. He was wed however Angela relocated. I thought she had actually lived in Southport.

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

'She was obviously spying on them.'

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

'There were a lot of police came here.

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

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

A representative stated: 'We sacked her right away when we discovered the fact.

'All her DBS and references had a look at. The cops stated we had done absolutely nothing wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips also defrauded money from the public handbag by stopping working to disclose the reality that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - enabling him to continue claiming more than ₤ 13k in housing advantages and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.

He is also said to have 'exaggerated' his medical conditions and require for care, stating that he was not able to do anything for himself.

He stated himself 'unsuited for work' and failed to mention his spouse's wage - illegally taking ₤ 51k in work support allowance.

However, Phillips declared that Lloyd had actually completed the type and had simply 'asked him to sign it'.

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'intricate recent history' of mental health and specials needs including neurological condition, anxiety and anxiety.

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

While Phillips had no previous convictions associating with comparable matters, nevertheless Lloyd's criminal record reveals previous entries for theft and dishonesty offenses dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last look remained in 2012.

Lloyd was jailed for two years after admitting seven counts of fraud by false representation, and Phillips was also seen cleaning back tears as he was jailed for 20 months for fraud by false representation and three counts of dishonestly failing to reveal info 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 public of just short of ₤ 170,000 and you, Lee Phillips, of about ₤ 100,000. In your case, Mr Phillips, over a five-year period, you had about ₤ 20,000 each year which you defrauded from the general public.

'For those who seek to defraud the public of scarce and valuable advantages which need to be directed to those who need them, not those who simply want to have them for reasons of individual greed, that is a severe offense committed by each of you over a long duration of time.'