There is absolutely nothing remotely out of the ordinary about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached house on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the common eye, Lloyd appears like a typical middle-aged mum who works relentlessly to look after her sick hubby.

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

Hiding behind the household's net curtains was in truth 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 using a dead lady's identity, comprising 'phony' medical conditions for her kid, and producing pseudonyms to work while claiming carers allowance.

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

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

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

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

Phillips pictured in an Aid for Heroes hoodie during 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 fretted for the couple after Phillips was seen looking really frail as he would 'hobble' on his strolling stay with satisfy his carers.

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

Locals also told of how there was 'constantly something dodgy' about Lloyd, and that she would never look people 'in the eye', however would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would leave to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to two years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently took 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 loading up one of their 2 automobiles earlier today, they believed they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, only to discover they were going to prison.

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

'He was shuffling along and holding onto his vehicles in the driveway before he took a long period of time to get to his carer's car on his strolling stick.

'But the next thing I saw him cleaning his BMW in the driveway - he appeared to be strolling fine then.

'And he did a DJ set for the Queen's Jubilee party back in 2022. He had all the speakers out and whatever.

'But after the police raid, they became more reserved and didn't say a lot to individuals.

'There was always something dodgy about her - she wouldn't look individuals in the eye and extolled going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan however would never ever say where it was.

'They would take her teenage child and go away on a Thursday night and not get home up until Sunday.'

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

Following the police raid secret rural street, neighbours were entrusted questions regarding why the couple had been detained - and some allege Lloyd had later informed them it was down to canine breeding.

But these questions 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 received in housing benefits, carers allowance and individual self-reliance payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.

With the aid of Lloyd, Phillips was also discovered to have actually unlawfully declared ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing advantages, work support allowance and council tax decreases given that 2018.

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

She even made a fake tenancy contract for the 'entirely fictitious caravan', ultimately swiping ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent home.

Then in 2018, she started making deceptive claims that her spouse required 'multiple daily carers to participate in to his needs'. She reached utilizing Phillips' sis Zoe's birth certificate to pose as his brother or sister and claim that she was his primary carer.

She likewise lied that she was unable to work due to being a full-time carer, but was found to have actually been working under an incorrect identity Wendy Lloyd at care company Hand in Hand Homecare, and under another pseudonym Angela Valentine at a Tesco.

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

She again utilized the deceased female's name as being her social employee to claim ₤ 13,526.70 of PIP, specifying that she needed carers due to 'health conditions'.

Neighbours informed of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret location that she never ever revealed, and would state they were going to remain at the caravan from Thursday to Sunday

One neighbour stated they saw the couple packing up on of their automobiles earlier this week and presumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later on discover they were off to prison

When MailOnline went to Phillips' address in Birch Gardens which he showed Lloyd, neighbours revealed how the couple and her kid would apparently 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 ever existed, or an indeed a different, genuine caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, stated: 'She informed people that the cops raid was because somebody had told on her for reproducing border collie young puppies without a licence.

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

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

She included: 'I understand they fulfilled as she was his carer. He was wed however Angela moved in. I thought she had resided in Southport.

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

'She was certainly 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 lot of cops came here.

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

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

A spokesman said: 'We sacked her instantly when we discovered the fact.

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

The court heard how Phillips likewise deceived money from the public purse by stopping working to divulge the reality that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - permitting him to continue claiming more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.

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

He stated himself 'unfit for work' and stopped working to mention his other half's wage - illegally taking ₤ 51k in work support 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 recent history' of mental health and impairments including neurological condition, stress and anxiety and depression.

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

While Phillips had no previous convictions connecting to similar matters, nevertheless Lloyd's criminal record shows previous entries for theft and dishonesty offences dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last appearance was in 2012.

Lloyd was imprisoned for 2 years after admitting 7 counts of fraud by incorrect representation, and Phillips was also seen wiping back tears as he was imprisoned for 20 months for scams by incorrect representation and 3 counts of dishonestly failing to disclose info to make a gain.

Sentencing, Judge Simon Medland KC stated: 'Over an 11-year period, or more than that, you, Angela Lloyd, managed to defraud the general public of just short of ₤ 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 annually which you defrauded from the public.

'For those who seek to defraud the general public of scarce and important benefits which need to be directed to those who require them, not those who just wish to have them for factors of personal greed, that is a severe offence devoted by each of you over an extended period of time.'