A mother of eight who scrounged almost £100,000 in benefits she claimed for relatives living in Pakistan has been spared jail after she offered to enrol on a taxpayer funded programme to help her realise her crimes were not ‘victimless.’
Saaba Mahmood, 36, pocketed state benefit handouts on behalf of her aunt and uncle over a five year period – even though she knew they were living in their native Pakistan.
