Benefit cheat who fled to Spain with lover finally jailed: Dawn Orton read of warrant on This Is Hull and East Riding

“"You were in Spain with your new lover and you elected to prioritise your relationship with him ahead of your responsibility in coming to this court."

Wouldn't anybody?”

“They should also look at the officials who allowed this interesting person to get away with it for such a long time!!!...where are the checks...absolutely scandalous that she should be able to hoodwink the system for so long!!!..she is a self centred,me,me,me,.... 'Oh! is that for me' type of person. bet she is looking forward to picking up the soap in the clink! and fighting off the people on the other bus!”

“Absolutely spot on bt13jz, and I agree about robbing bankers and other toffs who smile at us and grab as much money as they can by crafty means. (manipulating the 'system')..

Crimes involving money are taken very seriously, crimes against other people are just a laugh... it's all wrong.

All crimes should be punished much harder and with much more consistency....”

“how come the lass who stole 159k got 300 hours community service and this lasy got 12 months?

I am not against punishment but I am against inconsistency.

What about the Hull City council employee who stole 30k to set up a project with similar name and did not face prosecution?

Our legal system is too complex and needs a shake up.”

“what about the banks who have defrauded customers/revenue/ etc of billions. yet to see a particular individual face justice. is it beyond the wit of the alleged authorities.? benefit fraud should be better policed to stop this abuse. instead this govs policy is to cut staff. mind you not many ex eton boys will be claiming benefit . they are far more likely (certain) to be merchant bankers assisting with the current raft of bank scandals and frauds.”

“@nerdboy. Fair comment but perhaps the DWP and other government departments have been brainwashed by management consultants in thinking everyone who claims benefits is a customer. I did some consultancy work myself in the late 1990s, while the concept is not bad what of course is never ever said on these training courses is that some customers you can do without. Just ask the staff in local convenience stores, some 'customers' are on the rob. You can't treat everyone the same...”

“@Patrick Newman & @Albaz - perhaps the DWP is over run with so many benefits claims and job cuts like everywhere else that they don't have the option of "reviewing" or checking everyones' benefit claims??????”

“Particular to this woman is the known fact she could ski and play badminton therefore she was not entitled to incapacity benefit and allegedly this claim could have for 6 times the amount she was found guilty of fiddling.
Unless there are further charges brought,once again its been worth the fiddles.”

“PatrickNewman; This is the point I make and question I ask every time these cases arise.

Recently HDM reports featured a man who "hadn't worked for 5 years due to depression and a "Ripperologist" who couldn't work due to heart trouble" No proof reading jobs or such like anywhere?


Why do we constantly hear "He/She claimed He/She was disabled,couldn't move/walk etc".
As I asked with Mr depression who diagnoses these disabilities and how on earth do these people get away with simply saying they can't work?
Something drastic has to be done about the incapacity benefit claimants,although the Tories thought this benefit was a "price worth paying "when it helped them fiddle their phoney unemployment figures, they seem to be trying to do something at last about some of these claimants.”

“Had she stolen a 'T' shirt in London August 2011 she might have got a lot more than 12 months. But the real 'crime' is the failure to uncover the fraud over a very long time. There should be an internal investigation by (DWP?) to find out why her claim had never been reviewed.”