A COUPLE are due to appear at Exeter Magistrates' court on June 12 accused of failing to tell Mid Devon District Council they were living together to claim benefits.
Richard Howard, 48, and Leigh Aldridge, 39, of Lower Cotteylands, Tiverton failed to attend court last week. Howard is charged with failing to disclose he was living with his partner, maintaining a common household, to claim housing benefit and council tax benefit. Aldridge is accused of failing to disclose information to make gain for herself or another.
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