Mother and daughter Wendy Perry ( right ) and Nicola Manson-Perry ( left ) swindled nearly £50,000 in identical disability benefit scams but have escaped jail . A mother and daughter who swindled nearly £50,000 in identical disability benefit scams have escaped jail . Wendy Perry , 66 , pocketed £28,500 of taxpayers ' cash over a five-year period while employed as a medical secretary for the NHS , Wolverhampton Crown Court was told . At the same time her daughter Nicola Manson-Perry collected £20,404 while working as a hospital accounts clerk in a carbon copy fraud , which lasted nine years . The pair had denied charges of benefit fraud but were found guilty by juries in two separate trials in February . Both Perry and Manson-Perry received the Disability Living Allowance ( DLA ) payouts after claiming they could hardly walk unaided , the court was told . Perry , who worked for Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich , claimed she had to hold on to a wall for balance to ensure she did n't fall . She also claimed she had difficulty communicating and filling in forms , and even increased the pay out by stating she needed constant care both day and night . But she was rumbled when Department of Work and Pensions ( DWP ) investigators spent four days secretly filming her walking to her car at a hospital in April 2013 . The clear footage shows Perry , who even parked in a disabled bay , strolling to her vehicle quickly without any aids and with no sign of a limp . Manson-Perry ( left ) collected £20,404 while working as a hospital accounts clerk . Perry ( right ) , 66 , pocketed £28,500 of taxpayers ' cash over a five-year period while employed as a medical secretary for the NHS . Investigators then widened their probe to include her daughter and it was discovered Manson-Perry , who is married without children , was also picking up DLA payouts . The 48-year-old , who has worked for the NHS since 2004 as a £22,000-a-year accounts clerk , was claiming it took her ten minutes to walk two metres . Both women were arrested by police at the home they share in Wednesbury , West Midlands , on August 21 , 2013 . Joseph Millington , defending Perry , said Manson-Perry had now been sacked from Birmingham 's City Hospital and her mother expected the same fate . Perry was handed a nine-month jail sentence , suspended for 12 months , on Friday . Her daughter was given a 34-week sentence , suspended for two years , last month . Perry was filmed walking briskly to her car by Department of Work and Pensions ( DWP ) investigators . The clear footage shows Perry , who even parked in a disabled bay , strolling to her vehicle quickly without any aids and with no sign of a limp . Recorder Julian Taylor showed sympathy with the mother , who has worked for the NHS since 1995 , because 'life had dealt her a bad hand ' and she had a long history of health problems . He said : 'This offending does cross the custody threshold but she is sitting here staring at me and I want her to know she will not be going to prison today . ' Judge Robin Onions , sentencing Manson-Perry , told her : 'At some stage your mobility significantly increased and I am satisfied you knew that . 'Two work colleagues said they did not notice any restriction to your mobility . 'At no stage did you need mobility aids as you walked from your car to the office and walked along corridors to meetings . Recorder Julian Taylor showed sympathy with the mother , who had been working at Sandwell General Hospital , because 'life had dealt her a bad hand ' and she had a long history of health problems . 'You convinced yourself that because you had other medical problems this , in some sense , justified you in continuing in this unjustified claim . 'You should now discuss with your mother how you are jointly going to pay back the debt you owe to the state . ' A spokesperson for the DWP said : 'Benefit payments should go to those who really need them . 'We know it 's a small minority of people who commit benefit fraud , but deliberately not informing us of a change in your condition that may affect your claim is a crime . 'Do n't wait for our fraud investigators to find you - tell us of a change now . If you suspect someone of fraudulently claiming benefits , then call our National Benefit Fraud Hotline on 0800 854 440 . '
Wendy Perry and Nicola Manson-Perry said they could not walk unaided . 66-year-old wrongly claimed disability living allowance for five years . Her 48-year-old daughter Manson-Perry did the same for nine years . Both given suspended sentences at Wolverhampton Crown Court .