There is nothing from another location out of the common about Angela Lloyd and Lee Phillips' semi-detached home on a peaceful cul-de-sac in Merseyside.

And to the typical eye, Lloyd looks like a typical middle-aged mum who works tirelessly to care for her ill husband.

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

Hiding behind the household's net drapes remained in reality a decade-long web of lies which saw Lloyd and Phillips pocket ₤ 270k in taxpayer cash.

Lloyd, 58, sobbed 'Oh my god' as she was imprisoned this week over a string of untruths consisting of using a dead woman's identity, comprising 'bogus' medical conditions for her son, and creating pseudonyms to work while declaring carers allowance.

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

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

Angela Lloyd defrauded the taxpayer of ₤ 170k over a duration of 11-and-a-half years. Detectives revealed a web of lies consisting of the development of pseudonyms to claim advantages

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

Phillips imagined in a Help for Heroes hoodie during a street celebration held for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is said to have 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 strolling stay with meet his carers.

But they were then left puzzled when he was at other times found 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 'always something dodgy' about Lloyd, and that she would never look individuals 'in the eye', but would boast about 'secret ₤ 60k caravan' they would get away to on the weekends.

Lloyd was sentenced to 2 years after Liverpool Crown Court found she fraudulently pocketed almost ₤ 170,000 in benefits over a decade, and also assisted Phillips incorrectly declare benefits worth ₤ 100,000, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

When neighbours saw them leaving among their two vehicles earlier today, they believed they were going off to remain at their secret caravan, only to find they were going to jail.

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

'He was shuffling along and keeping 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 washing his BMW in the driveway - he seemed to be strolling 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 state a lot to individuals.

'There was always something dodgy about her - she would not look people in the eye and extolled going to her ₤ 60,000 caravan but would never say where it was.

'They would take her teenage kid and go away on a Thursday night and not get back until Sunday.'

Phillips had fraudulently claimed ₤ 100k in PIP, housing benefits, work assistance allowance and council tax decreases that he was not qualified for. Neighbours informed of how he would look 'frail' and 'hobble on a strolling stick' in the existence of carers, but at other times was seen 'walking great'

Following the authorities raid secret rural street, neighbours were left with concerns regarding why the couple had actually been apprehended - and some declare Lloyd had later informed them it was down to pet dog breeding.

But these concerns 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 gotten approved for in housing advantages, carers allowance and individual self-reliance payments throughout 11-and-a-half years.

With the help of Lloyd, Phillips was also found to have actually illegally claimed ₤ 100,980.71 through PIP, housing advantages, employment support allowance and council tax decreases since 2018.

Olivia Beesley, prosecuting, detailed how the mom's sophisticated rip-off started when she falsely started declaring housing benefits 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 'completely fictitious caravan', eventually pocketing ₤ 71,597.16 from Lancashire Borough Council in relation to the non-existent house.

Then in 2018, she began making deceitful claims that her hubby needed 'several daily carers to take care of his needs'. She reached using Phillips' sis Zoe's birth certificate to pose as his sibling and claim that she was his main carer.

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

In 2022, she started inventing 'incorrect medical conditions' for her son, declaring she had a carer called Joyce Bibby - a dead female's identity. Nearly ₤ 10k in false special needs living allowance overpayments were claimed in relation to this.

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

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

One neighbour said they saw the couple leaving on of their cars previously today and presumed they were going off to their 'caravan', only to later on discover they were off to jail

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

It is not understood whether this was the very same 'fictitious caravan' which took place to have never ever existed, or a certainly a different, real caravan.

Leni Newton, 63, stated: 'She told individuals that the police raid was since someone had actually informed on her for reproducing border collie puppies without a licence.

'I'm shocked they've been jailed. I thought they were all above board.

'I just saw them a couple of days ago packing up suitcases - I thought they were simply going to their caravan.'

She added: 'I know they satisfied as she was his carer. He was wed but Angela moved in. I thought she had resided in Southport.

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

'She was undoubtedly 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 cops came here.

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

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

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

'All her DBS and recommendations had a look at. The police said we had actually done nothing incorrect.'

The court heard how Phillips also deceived cash from the general public purse by stopping working to reveal the truth that Lloyd had moved into his home in 2018 - permitting him to continue declaring more than ₤ 13k in housing benefits and ₤ 2.2 k in council tax reductions.

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

He declared himself 'unsuited for work' and stopped working to mention his better half's wage - illegally pocketing ₤ 51k in work support allowance.

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

Phillips' counsel Jim Smith argued he has a 'complex current history' of mental health and disabilities including neurological condition, anxiety and anxiety.

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

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

Lloyd was imprisoned for 2 years after confessing 7 counts of scams by false representation, and Phillips was likewise seen wiping back tears as he was jailed for 20 months for scams by incorrect representation and 3 counts of dishonestly stopping working to reveal information 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 public of simply except ₤ 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 per year which you defrauded from the general public.

'For those who seek to defraud the public of scarce and important benefits which require to be directed to those who require them, not those who simply wish to have them for reasons of personal greed, that is a major offence dedicated by each of you over a long period of time.'