How far would you go to avoid getting a job?

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A jobless woman beat up her live-in lover and ripped up his shirts after he vowed to get himself a job, a court heard. Joanne Corless, 35, flew into a rage with Patrick Kelly because she feared his finding of employment would mean them getting a cut in their benefits. As Mr Kelly, 37, made plans for a trip to the job centre the following day, Corless, nicknamed 'Waynetta Slob' by neighbours after the Harry Enfield character, tried to sabotage his plan by snapping his spectacles and ripping buttons from his shirt. He went off to get changed into another shirt but moments later she pushed him against the door and ripped that one too before raining down blows on his head. Mr Kelly later fled to a neighbour's home and police were called. It emerged the couple were joint tenants at a rented property in Moston, Manchester and Corless believed they would better off staying unemployed.

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