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Woman had benefits stopped while she was in a coma
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A WOMAN was forced to turn to crime after having her benefits stopped while in a coma because she was “not expected to survive,” a court heard yesterday.
Lisa Hartley from Hull was arrested for breaking into a boarded-up council house earlier this month and stealing piping, door handles and a letterbox.
She had previously been in hospital fighting for her life for over two months and had her benefits cut.
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