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A benefits cheat who claimed he couldn't walk for longer than 20 metres was caught out after undercover filming captured him coaching a football team, a court heard.

Grandad Andrew Vincent, 62, scammed the taxpayer out of £18,000.

A court heard Vincent began claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in 2017 after suffering from prolapsed lower back discs. The painful condition left him house-bound, requiring assistance to walk and go to the toilet, a judge was told.

But the money-hungry fraudster continued to claim between January 2021 and September 2023, despite his condition improving, it was said. His deceit was finally unearthed after undercover DWP officers filmed him coaching The Roaring Meg’s pub football team in Biddulph, Staffordshire.

The footage, Stoke-on-T

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