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Road works’ end coming
ONGOING road works in Mar- den are likely to be finished by the end of November. New edging work for the bus
stop outside the library was ex- pected to take four days, followed by two to threeweeks ofwork fit- ting the new zebra crossing, two- way traffic lights and a pedestrian walkway at Church Green. Marden Parish Council reports
that failed tarmac on the school crossing in the village is also ex- pected to be replaced before the month is out.
Appeal thanks
THOSE who gave to a street col- lection in Headcorn have been thankedfor raisingmore than £400 for charity. Peter Malby, of the Maidstone
branch of the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution (RNLI),
thanked those who contributed and volunteers who collected do- nations totalling £417.75. He said: “TheRNLI is supported
totally by voluntary contributions andoperates a life-saving service.”
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Mother blew illegal benefits on ‘luxuries’
AMAIDSTONEmother of three blew more than £15,000 of tax- payers’ money by dishonestly claiming benefits, a court heard. Leicy Flisher (29), of Plains Av-
enue, told the court she had re- questedthe government hand-outs after her heavy drinking former partner paid little or no child care. However, the court heard that
Flisher (pictured left) was still maintaining a common household with Mr Kemp, and had instead splashed £15,500 of benefits to which she was not entitled on “luxuries”. Prosecutor James Nichols told
the court that during the course of 2015 and 2016, Flisher had wrongly claimed housing bene- fits, income support and job seeker’s allowances. The court heard that Flisherwas
co-habiting with the partner but when he left the property, her zero-hour contract as a care assis- tant was insufficient to cover the
cost of bringing up their young children. Defending, Jag Takk toldMaid-
stoneMagistrates Court that until this point, Flisher had also been defending herself in trial, and this was the reason she had been found guilty of “absolutely every- thing” in previous court hearings. However, chairman of the
bench, Alan Austen replied: “We arewell past that now.” At a previous hearing, Flisher
had pleaded not guilty tomaking false statements toMaidstone Bor- ough Council. She was found guilty and appeared before mag- istrates on November 9 for sen- tence. Sentencing her, Mr Austen told
her: “This was a great deal of money, publicmoney,which you stole for various luxury items.” Flisher was found guilty of all
four counts of benefit fraud, and was sentenced to a 12-month sus- pended sentence.
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