'Housebound' benefits cheat who claimed £23k caught 'surfing and ziplining in Mexico'

Catherine Wieland claimed her anxiety had left her housebound, but the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) discovered she "milked the system" by over £23,000 in benefits


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