Deal or No Deal Winner admits Benefit Fraud

Turbovision · 25/04/13 - 23:03

In today's news:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-22294028

I remember when this woman won £95,000 by doing a deal with the banker.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2275481/Caroline-Banana-Mother-won-95k-Deal-No-Deal-accused-illegally-claiming-7k-benefits.html

At least I think she has done the right thing today by admitting her guilt. I guess she will get a lenient sentence.

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Yijan · 25/04/13 - 23:08

Utterly digusting. She should be stripped of her winnings.

[Deleted User] · 25/04/13 - 23:22

Yijan wrote: »

Utterly digusting. She should be stripped of her winnings.

No, she should be forced to repay the benefits she illegally claimed and face fines/community service and/or prison as appropriately decided by the judge.

Pretty stupid of her. Go on a TV show, win a decent amount of money and yet try and claim benefits hoping that no one would find out.

tghe-retford · 25/04/13 - 23:25

Yijan wrote: »

Utterly digusting. She should be stripped of her winnings.

Under which law?

tysonstorm · 25/04/13 - 23:27

I'm outraged!! I mean people still watch Deal or No Deal??

mildredhubble · 25/04/13 - 23:28

Yijan wrote: »

Utterly digusting. She should be stripped of her winnings.

So strip her of the 95k so she then legitimately claims benefits. Good idea!

Alan1981 · 25/04/13 - 23:31

mildredhubble wrote: »

So strip her of the 95k so she then legitimately claims benefits. Good idea!

She also forgot to mention the fact that she was working, so not entitled to those benefits anyway.

Turbovision · 26/04/13 - 02:52

Yijan wrote: »

Utterly digusting. She should be stripped of her winnings.

She might well be if it was found that she had failed to disclose previous convictions when she applied to go on the show.

I see in the Daily Mail article that she had been convicted of shop-lifting in 2002.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314727/Benefits-cheat-mother-won-95-000-TV-s-Deal-No-Deal-faces-jail-6-000-fraud.html

Prosecutor Mr Vernon also revealed that Banana had a previous conviction for shoplifting in 2002.

I know on other gameshows several contestants have forfeited their winnings when criminal convictions have come to light.

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[Deleted User] · 26/04/13 - 02:54

Turbovision wrote: »

She might well be if it was found that she had failed to disclose previous convictions when she applied to go on the show.

I see in the Daily Mail article that she had been convicted of shop-lifting in 2002.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314727/Benefits-cheat-mother-won-95-000-TV-s-Deal-No-Deal-faces-jail-6-000-fraud.html

I know on other gameshows several contestants have forfeited their winnings when criminal convictions have come to light.

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I would have thought the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act applies in these cases, it's not as if appearing on Deal or No Deal means she will be working with children after all. If her conviction is spent then why should she have to declare it?. Obviously a CRB check isn't required to appear on the show, otherwise they'd have found out about her previous conviction anyway.

zoepaulpenny · 26/04/13 - 02:56

Yijan wrote: »

Utterly digusting. She should be stripped of her winnings.

all the cash will be gone anyway..:eek:

gamez-fan · 26/04/13 - 02:57

Right because of this one isolated example lets now get rid of the welfare state completely then we can all sleep
soundly at night knowing this disgracefull behavour will never be repeated :rolleyes:

Caldari · 26/04/13 - 02:58

She's from Bentilee, I'd expect no less.

1fab · 26/04/13 - 03:14

tysonstorm wrote: »

I'm outraged!! I mean people still watch Deal or No Deal??

I feel ashamed.

gouldfather · 26/04/13 - 03:15

Can we blame this on Noel Edmonds at all? He just annoys me.:o

Alan1981 · 26/04/13 - 03:23

gamez-fan wrote: »

Right because of this one isolated example lets now get rid of the welfare state completely then we can all sleep
soundly at night knowing this disgracefull behavour will never be repeated :rolleyes:

Can you show us an example as to where anyone has said the welfare state should be abolished because of this individual? Or are you just trying to whip yourself into a frenzy?

Jane Doh! · 26/04/13 - 03:28

gamez-fan wrote: »

Right because of this one isolated example lets now get rid of the welfare state completely then we can all sleep
soundly at night knowing this disgracefull behavour will never be repeated :rolleyes:

Why would you want to do that?

gamez-fan · 26/04/13 - 03:58

Jane Doh! wrote: »

Why would you want to do that?

I was being sarcastic im sure certain gutter newspapers will use a story like this to justify the continuing
Benefit crackdown

fink · 26/04/13 - 04:02

Bent as a Banana.

gamez-fan · 26/04/13 - 04:05

Alan1981 wrote: »

are you just trying to whip yourself into a frenzy?

Hmm that reminds me ive not had a walnut whip for ages will need to track one down

Jane Doh! · 26/04/13 - 04:07

gamez-fan wrote: »

I was being sarcastic im sure certain gutter newspapers will use a story like this to justify the continuing
Benefit crackdown

Sarcastic. Oh. Fair enough.

Turbovision · 27/04/13 - 03:11

A little bit of googling shows Caroline Banana is the daughter-in-law of the first President of Zimbabwe, Canaan Banana.

This is her husband Michael Banana who was in the Deal or No Deal audience with her:

http://www.starnow.co.uk/michaelbanana

And this is Michael's father Canaan Banana

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/nov/11/zimbabwe.andrewmeldrum

It seems Michael came to the United Kingdom with his siblings and his mother as asylum seekers.

( Not that there is anything wrong with that - of course )

zoepaulpenny · 27/04/13 - 03:23

Caldari wrote: »

She's from Bentilee, I'd expect no less.

and you are from ... and the difference..??

annette kurten · 27/04/13 - 03:25

Turbovision wrote: »

She might well be if it was found that she had failed to disclose previous convictions when she applied to go on the show.

I see in the Daily Mail article that she had been convicted of shop-lifting in 2002.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314727/Benefits-cheat-mother-won-95-000-TV-s-Deal-No-Deal-faces-jail-6-000-fraud.html

I know on other gameshows several contestants have forfeited their winnings when criminal convictions have come to light.

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throw away the key.

Hotgossip · 27/04/13 - 03:33

Pure greed. She should be made to pay every single penny back and she should be deported.

koantemplation · 27/04/13 - 03:49

That's the trouble with winning a certain amount of money. You have to come off benefits if it is too much.

But if it is only enough to live on for a year or so, then you have to sign back on but at a reduced rate. So in the end you lose out.

Turbovision · 28/04/13 - 01:33

I wonder if Caroline's husband really does have a pilot's licence:

....................................... http://www.starnow.co.uk/michaelbanana/photos/2589441

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http://pilots-airmen.findthedata.org/q/978322/42/What-FAA-ratings-does-the-pilot-Michael-Thabo-Banana-have

Hmmmmm....

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