A woman facing jail for benefit fraud charges totalling thousands of pounds has had her sentencing adjourned.
Dawn Bryan, of Mandale Road, Acklam, pocketed £71,000 from false claims for housing tax, jobseekers allowance and housing benefit between 2006 and 2012.
She admitted that she failed to declare that she had been living with a man and that she had made false declarations denying it.
She had pleaded guilty last month to eight charges of making fraudulent claims when she appeared at Teesside Crown Court.
But today prosecutors asked for more time to work out exactly how much the single mum had cheated.
Judge Michael Taylor told the 41-year-old that the hold-up was “cruelty in excess”.
An investigator from the Department for Work and Pensions will provide a figure ahead of the case returning next Monday.
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