A Ballycastle man has been convicted at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court for claiming benefits he was not entitled to.
Martin McGarry (38) of Leyland Park, Ballycastle claimed Income Support totalling £2,769 while failing to declare his wife was working. He was fined £100 and ordered to pay court costs of £61.
Mr McGarry is also required to repay the money wrongfully obtained to the Social Security Agency.
This brings to 183 the total number of successful prosecutions this year.
