Mother jailed for pretending son had cancer

Sarah Coles
Updated
La Garde
La Garde

SWNS

A mother of five from Stroud, Gloucester, has been jailed for nine years, after forcing her seven-year-old son to pretend to have cancer for four years - in order to cheat £86,000 out of the benefits system.

Judge Jamie Tabor said "This was cruelty over a long period of time."
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