Former Bronski Beat singer avoids benefits jail term

A 1980s session musician who sang for a variety of groups including Bronski Beat has swerved a prison sentence despite a £30,461 benefits fiddle. 45-year-old Kevin Glancy received a one-year suspended prison sentence for claiming housing benefit payments on a Grimsby house he actually owned.

Glancy turned up to court with a case of belongings anticipating he'd go down. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%