A woman, Lesleyann McLean, is ordered to repay nearly £28,000 after being found to have fraudulently obtained benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The repayment terms are set out in a way that results in an extremely long timescale.
According to reports, the court order effectively gives her hundreds of years to repay the sum. One outlet says she is given until she is 510 years old to pay back the money, while another describes a term of 465 years. Both accounts refer to the same underlying case and the same amount, but differ in how they describe the length of time in years.
The reports frame the decision as a reflection of the structure of the repayment order, rather than a typical short-term schedule. Details beyond the repayment period and the figure involved are not presented in the two articles provided, including no additional information on the precise court order mechanism or whether the case involves further conditions.
