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What a dumbo!

Benefits cheat said she was confined to wheelchair

... only to be pictured riding ELEPHANT on holiday

a WOMaN who claimed £17,000 in

benefits after saying she was con-

fined to a wheelchair was exposed

as a cheat when a picture emerged

of her riding an elephant.

Natalie Davis, 51, said she was too

sick to work but enjoyed exotic holi-

days abroad, flying down zip wires,

climbing mountains and taking hot

air balloon rides – all while running a

brothel in Bristol.

Davis started claiming Disability liv-

ing allowance from 1999 on the grounds

she had Me as well as chronic fatigue

syndrome and asthma, a court heard.

In 2006 she maintained she still suffered

these illnesses, and had panic attacks

and obsessive compulsive disor-

der. But she took over a massage

parlour in 2007, which was then

investigated for being a brothel

from 2017.

During a search at her home,

police uncovered a digital mem-

ory card containing an album of

holiday snaps.

It included a 2013 trip to africa,

which involved a hot air balloon

ride, fishing and a Jeep safari; a

2015 trip to east asia involving

an elephant ride, and a walking

trip to snowdonia in 2016.

Davis, from Bristol, pleaded

guilty to dishonestly failing to

notify a change of circumstances

between January 6, 2010, and

september 1, 2018, with claims

amounting to £17,700.15.

lucy Taylor, prosecuting, told

Bristol Crown Court yesterday:

‘she said she could walk five

metres before the pain was

unbearable. she said that was

seven days a week and she

needed people to help her in and

out of a wheelchair. she also

said she could not go out alone

due to panic attacks and she

was at risk of falling in shops or

in the street.’ Davis claimed she

was often too weak to get out of

bed or go to the toilet and

needed help showering.

she was awarded mobility Dis-

ability allowance indefinitely

from 2006, the court heard.

The prosecutor referred to a

BBC Inside Out West investiga-

tion in 2017 in which a reporter

tried to speak to her outside her

home and she ran inside.

Fraud investigators also found

she had taken flights from Bris-

tol to spain alone, without

mobility aids. Her lawyer said

she initially claimed legitimately,

with her illnesses fluctuating day

to day, and said reporting any

improvement to the DWP had

been the last thing on her mind.

Her sentence was adjourned

pending a probation report.

In January this year Davis

pleaded guilty to controlling

prostitution for gain and was

handed a jail sentence of two

years and six months – reduced

to 12 months prison, suspended

for 12 months after an appeal.

By Izzy Ferris

Guilty: Natalie Davis and the snap of her riding an elephant on a trip to East Asia

A MOTHER has been arrested on suspi-

cion of child neglect after her ten-year-

old son died in a caravan.

Neighbours said the woman, 44, was

not at home when the child was found

unresponsive in the caravan – parked

next to the family’s home.

Officers had been called to the prop-

erty in Acocks Green, Birmingham, at

around 7.30am yesterday.

The boy – who has not been named –

was taken to hospital but could not be

saved. West Midlands Police have

launched an enquiry.

They said the boy had ‘underlying

health issues’ but his death was being

treated as ‘unexplained’.

aPPle’s new titanium credit card might

look the part, sleek in all-white with no

signature or embossed numbers.

But there is one minor design flaw – you

can’t keep it in your leather wallet.

apple has warned customers that its

premium card –

launched in the Us

this week – can be

easily marked by

certain fabrics.

as well as leather,

it’s also best kept

away from jean pock-

ets, as denim can also cause permanent

‘discolouration’.

The tech giant published advice on how

to ‘safely store and carry’ the card, saying

light markings could be washed off with a

‘soft, slightly damp, lint-free microfibre

cloth’ and ‘isopropyl alcohol’.

The card can be used online and in

shops that support apple Pay.

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Boy, ten, found

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Daily Mail, Friday, August 23, 2019

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