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Suspended sentence and supervision order for housing fraud (13 June 2017)
Date: 13/06/2017
West Oxfordshire District Council has prosecuted a local resident who rented a housing association home while letting out her own property.
Ella Street, 31, of Church Street in Barford St Michael admitted two charges under the Fraud Act 2006, including making a false statement and failing to disclose information – namely that she owned a property in Daventry, Northamptonshire, which she rented out to paying tenants.
Street was then able to obtain the housing association property at Dashwood Terrace, Middle Barton, through West Oxfordshire District Council.
The charges relate to a housing application Street made in 2014.
At Banbury Magistrates’ Court, she was given a 16-week custodial sentence suspended for 18 months and a supervision order.
Street was also ordered to pay costs of £500 and a victim surcharge of £115.
The council said Street had now been evicted from the housing association property.
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