Pensioner accused of £27k benefits fraud
A pensioner has been accused of receiving more than £27,000 in benefits she was not entitled to.
Caroline Johnston of Biggiesknowe in Peebles, is charged with receiving £24,584 without declaring an annuity. The offence is said to have happened between September 2009 and September 2015.
The 66-year-old also denies receiving council tax benefit of £2447 over a four year period.
A trial date has been fixed for February 1 at Selkirk Sheriff Court.
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