ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT STOLE DEAD MOTHER'S IDENTITY TO GET INTO BRITAIN FROM GHANA

The faces above from left to right  have been identified as Catherine Kyie 33 and Kenneth Boateng 45.

The Ghanaian born woman stole the identity of another Ghanaian woman who died out of child birth complications in Ghana in 2003 to trick her way into Britain - and then defrauded taxpayers out of more than £100,000. 

Following a court hearing, the mother of three claimed family tax credits, child benefit payments and was paid by the NHS over eight years. The couple and their three children lived in Britain claiming state benefits and child tax credits.

Fate ran out on the couple however when relatives of the dead mother’s 10-year-old son

wanted him to come to the country. Mr Griffiths said: 'He was unable to travel because it was discovered his passport had been renewed in 2009 by Boateng and a woman claiming to be his mother - although she had been dead for five or six years. That passport was eventually found at the couple’s home.

'Police also discovered a Dutch identity card and a passport in the name of Joyce Pokuaa but showing Kyie’s photograph.'

The court heard two of the couple’s three children, aged five, seven and 10, were born in the UK.

The ID fraud family lived illegally in Newport, South Wales, for eight years before they were caught.

Kyie worked illegally as a cleaner in NHS hospitals and universities, while Boateng worked as a driver and late night security guard.

The couple pleaded guilty to 14 charges of fraud by misrepresentation to enter and remain in the UK illegally.

Kyie has been sentenced to prison for 15 months and Boateng for 12 months.

They will both be automatically deported after serving their sentences