CHARLIE Bucketâs Grandpa Joe has been charged with fraudulent benefit claims dating back more than two decades.
Following a DWP âGolden Ticketâ sting operation, the 96-year-old was filmed dancing, singing and showing no signs of the unspecified illness that had supposedly confined him to bed for 20 years.
Benefits investigator Roy Hobbs said: âThe suspect, walking unaided, then accompanied his grandson to a nearby factory to collect further handouts of everlasting gobstoppers.
âOur officer, who was disguised as an eccentric recluse, arrested him on the spot. Charlieâs parents have been imprisoned for allowing their son to take unauthorised holidays during term time.
âCharlie has been taken into care and the factory, together with its indentured staff of illegal immigrants, has been handed over to rich children who can be trusted to run it responsibly.â
Following a DWP âGolden Ticketâ sting operation, the 96-year-old was filmed dancing, singing and showing no signs of the unspecified illness that had supposedly confined him to bed for 20 years.
Benefits investigator Roy Hobbs said: âThe suspect, walking unaided, then accompanied his grandson to a nearby factory to collect further handouts of everlasting gobstoppers.
âOur officer, who was disguised as an eccentric recluse, arrested him on the spot. Charlieâs parents have been imprisoned for allowing their son to take unauthorised holidays during term time.
âCharlie has been taken into care and the factory, together with its indentured staff of illegal immigrants, has been handed over to rich children who can be trusted to run it responsibly.â