An East Lothian woman who is appealing her year-long fraud sentence for swindling £55,000 in Child Tax Credit payments claims she “had no choice” as she was trapped in an abusive relationship with an ex partner and needed the money to live.

‘I felt I had no choice’ - East Lothian woman appealing year-long fraud sentence was ‘trapped in abusive relationship' and needed money for her children | Edinburgh News (scotsman.com)