'Disabled' benefits cheat jailed: for working in gym

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Alan Lawson, of Bishop Auckland, has been jailed for cheating the benefits system out of almost £90,000, after it emerged that while he had been claiming disability benefits he had also been working as a gym instructor.

So how did he do it, and is this the most outlandish benefit cheat story out there?
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