A woman was convicted of benefit fraud at Strabane Magistrates’ Court on Friday October 26.
Brigid Stokes (33), of Patterson Park was fined £205 on one charge and given a conditional discharge on a second charge for duplicate encashment of Social Fund cheques to a value of £656.
She also has to repay the money she wrongfully obtained to the Social Security Agency. This brings the total number of successful prosecutions to 330 this year.
