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

And to the common eye, Lloyd appears like a normal middle-aged mum who works tirelessly to take care of her ill other half.
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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 remained in fact a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer money.

Lloyd, 58, wept 'Oh my god' as she was jailed today over a string of untruths including using a dead lady's identity, comprising 'phony' medical conditions for her son, and developing pseudonyms to work while declaring carers allowance.

Husband Phillips, 54, was likewise imprisoned after the pair's massive benefits fraud was lastly exposed.

While the couple handled to siphon off their ill-gotten gains for several years - neighbours have actually exposed to MailOnline the apparent ideas 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 revealed a web of lies consisting of the development of pseudonyms to claim benefits

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

in a Help for Heroes hoodie throughout a street party 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 worried for the couple after Phillips was seen looking extremely frail as he would 'hobble' on his walking stay with meet his carers.

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

Locals also informed of how there was 'always something dodgy' about Lloyd, and that she would never look people '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 found she fraudulently took nearly ₤ 170,000 in benefits over a years, and also helped Phillips falsely claim advantages worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them leaving among their 2 automobiles earlier today, they thought they were going off to stay at their secret caravan, only to find they were going to jail.

One neighbour informed MailOnline of the couple: 'I believed they were dodgy as he made a real program of not being able to walk whenever his carers were here.

'He was shuffling along and keeping his cars and trucks in the driveway before he took a long 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 celebration back in 2022. He had all the speakers out and whatever.

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

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

'They would take her teenage boy and go away on a Thursday night and not come home until Sunday.'

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

Following the authorities raid on the quiet rural street, neighbours were left with questions regarding why the couple had actually been detained - and some allege Lloyd had later informed them it was down to pet breeding.

But these questions were finally put to rest on Tuesday when the court heard how Lloyd had claimed a total of ₤ 169,394.15 which she was not qualified for in housing advantages, carers allowance and individual independence payments over the course of 11-and-a-half years.

With the assistance of Lloyd, Phillips was likewise found to have illegally claimed ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing benefits, work assistance allowance and council tax decreases since 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, laid out how the mother's elaborate rip-off began when she falsely started declaring housing benefits for a caravan on Riverside Walk in Southport - which was discovered to be a 'fictitious address'.

She even made a phony tenancy arrangement for the 'completely fictitious caravan', ultimately taking ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent home.

Then in 2018, she started making fraudulent claims that her husband needed 'multiple everyday carers to participate in to his needs'. She went as far as using Phillips' sibling Zoe's birth certificate to posture as his sibling and claim that she was his main carer.

She also lied that she was unable to work due to being a full-time carer, however was found to have 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 started inventing 'false medical conditions' for her son, claiming she had a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead woman's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in incorrect disability living allowance overpayments were claimed in relation to this.

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

Neighbours told of how Lloyd would boast about a '₤ 60k caravan' in a secret location that she never exposed, 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 cars previously today and presumed they were going off to their 'caravan', just to later discover they were off to prison

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

It is not known whether this was the very same 'fictitious caravan' which took place to have never ever existed, or an undoubtedly a separate, genuine caravan.

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

'I'm stunned they have actually been jailed. I thought 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 married however Angela moved in. I thought she had lived in Southport.

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

'She was clearly spying on them.'

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

'There were a great deal of authorities came here.

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

Hand in Hand homecare agency verified to MailOnline that Lloyd had bona fide recommendations, DBS checks and training certificates in the name of Wendy Lloyd.

A spokesperson stated: 'We sacked her right away when we found out the fact.

'All her DBS and referrals examined out. The cops said we had done absolutely nothing wrong.'

The court heard how Phillips also scammed money from the public handbag by failing to disclose the reality that Lloyd had actually moved into his home in 2018 - allowing him to continue declaring more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax decreases.

He is also said to have 'overemphasized' his medical conditions and need for care, specifying that he was not able to do anything for himself.

He declared himself 'unfit for work' and failed to discuss his spouse's wage - illegally swiping ₤ 51k in work support allowance.

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

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complicated current history' of psychological health and disabilities consisting of 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 criminal record shows previous entries for theft and dishonesty offenses dating as far back as the 1980s - though her last look was in 2012.

Lloyd was imprisoned for 2 years after admitting 7 counts of scams by incorrect representation, and Phillips was likewise seen cleaning back tears as he was imprisoned for 20 months for scams by false representation and three counts of dishonestly failing to divulge information to make a gain.

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

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