article_snippet.sent: Birmingham City Council heard Jabreen first lodged a genuine claim for income support in 2002.
article_snippet.sent: But three years later, when Rafiq bought Sikander Rafiq, 34, and Samara Jabreen, 32 a house, Jabreenclaimed to be a private tenant and asked that Jabreen benefit payments be made to Jabreen landlord, Rafiq.
article_snippet.sent: Jabreen even claimed single occupancy discount on Jabreen council tax payments, Birmingham City Council was told.
article_snippet.sent: Rafiq, it was heard, acted out of desperation to pay their mortgage rather than through greed.
article_snippet.sent: Birmingham City Council Birmingham City Council heard Jabreen first lodged a genuine claim for income support in 2002.
article_snippet.sent: But three years later, when Rafiq bought them a house, Jabreen claimed to be a private tenant and asked that Jabreen benefit payments be made to Jabreen landlord, Rafiq .