Katona's mum in court for benefit fraud

Updated 10.10 Mon Jul 21 2008
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Kerry Katona's mum will be sentenced later for wrongly claiming income support and council tax benefit.

Susan Katona from Warrington in Cheshire failed to notify the Benefits Office of a change of circumstances between July 2006 and March 2007.

Susan Katona from Warrington in Cheshire failed to notify the Benefits Office of a change of circumstances between July 2006 and March 2007

It was alleged the overpayment was made because the 48-year-old did not to declare her income from media interviews about her daughter.

Sentencing was delayed from last month after her solicitor claimed she had a fear of open spaces.

Her solicitor John Morris handed a letter from Katona's GP to the bench on June 9 which said his client had symptoms of agoraphobia - a fear of leaving home and of crowded spaces.

Sentencing will be at Runcorn Magistrates Court this afternoon.

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