WHILE applauding the actions of City of York Council and the Department for Works and Pensions in bringing to court a York woman who had defrauded the benefits system of £8,000 (Evening Press, April 22), the sentence of a 12 months conditional discharge and payment of £100 costs seems abysmal.
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