PAUL DI'ANNO Jailed For "Benefits Swindle"
March 11, 2011, 13 years ago
According to the Mail Online, the former lead singer of iconic rock band IRON MAIDEN was jailed today after he was exposed as a benefit cheat by posting his music videos on YouTube.
Heavy metal legend Paul Andrews, 52 - known and idolised by millions worldwide as front man PAUL DI'ANNO - was sentenced to nine months for swindling £45,000 in benefits.
He was told he would serve at least four and a half months of the sentence behind bars before being released on conditional bail.
Andrews claimed he suffered severe nerve damage to his back that prevented him from working, but he was caught when Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) investigators spotted a YouTube video of him jumping around on stage during a live show in 2006.
The footage, from his own website and video sharing site YouTube, showed Andrews energetically leaping around.
He admitted the eight counts of benefit fraud at Salisbury Crown Court on February 11.
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