A son kept his elderly mother’s death quiet for over a year while he continued receiving £17,000 in benefit payments on her behalf, a court heard yesterday.
Harold Davis, 62, was paid £1,049 per month by the London Borough of Barnet to fund care for his mother Beryl Davis.
However, following her death in a hospice on June 11, 2013 he continued receiving payments for fifteen months then lied about when she died, Harrow Crown Court was told.
Davis, of Nigel Court, Seymour Road, East Finchley has pleaded not guilty to fraud by failing to disclose information, namely his mother’s death and fraud by false representation, namely claiming she died on June 10, 2014.
Prosecutor Miss Thaiza Khan said Mrs Davis, of Greenacres, Hendon Lane, East Finchley received care support from the council’s Adult Social Services department.
“These payments continued for fifteen months after her death and this defendant failed to disclose his mother was deceased.
“He also made false representations about the date of his mother’s death. He gave a much later date to reduce what he had to pay back.”
The court heard Davis gave the false date only after a council review of their care payments in 2014.
An investigation of his bank accounts revealed he transferred lump sums of £5,000, then £8,000 to one he shared with his ex-wife.
Trial continues…………..
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