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'Spectacularly obese' man in £10k benefit fraud
Posted on 10/27/15 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 10/27/15 at 1:51 pm
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I know this was in Wales, but this has to happen here in the states.
EAT:
50 stone = 700 pounds
1£ = $1.53 USD
quote:
An obese husband described as "Wales' heaviest man" was caught defrauding £10,000 in benefits - after his estranged wife moved back home to help him lose weight.
Darren Stokes, who tipped the scales at 50 stone, started claiming single person benefits after his wife left him because his obesity.
But supermarket worker wife Sarah came back to him when Stokes, aged 37, had surgery to help him shed the pounds.
A court heard how Stokes - who goes by the nickname Biggun' - failed to tell social security officials that his wife had come back home as he carried on claiming single person's benefits.
I know this was in Wales, but this has to happen here in the states.
EAT:
50 stone = 700 pounds
1£ = $1.53 USD
This post was edited on 10/27/15 at 2:07 pm
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Posted on 10/27/15 at 1:53 pm to trom83
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single person benefits
Dear God
Posted on 10/27/15 at 1:55 pm to OysterPoBoy
I mean I would believed he was single to even if he tried to say he wasn't
Posted on 10/27/15 at 1:59 pm to trom83
quote:
defrauding £10,000
quote:
tipped the scales at 50 stone
frick OP for not posting the conversions.
And for that sir, I award you one downvote.
Posted on 10/27/15 at 2:00 pm to trom83
quote:
50 stone
What is this, Middle Earth?
Posted on 10/27/15 at 2:01 pm to Fun Bunch
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What is this, Middle Earth?
700 pounds
Posted on 10/27/15 at 2:02 pm to WG_Dawg
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frick OP for not posting the conversions.
50 stone = 1 boulder
Posted on 10/27/15 at 2:02 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:
What is this, Middle Earth?
No, the UK which is about the same.
A stone is equivalent to 14 pounds. So 50 stone (that is the plural) * 14 pounds = 700 pounds, making Mark Mangino look anorexic by comparison.
Posted on 10/27/15 at 2:05 pm to WG_Dawg
Everyone should know approximately how much a British pound sterling is.
What a stone is I have no fricking clue
What a stone is I have no fricking clue
Posted on 10/27/15 at 2:07 pm to trom83
Did the article say how many hands tall he was?
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