"This went on for 100 weeks and two days."

When officials discovered Hillman was working, they sent her letters telling her she had received over-payments but she did not reply, Mr Jameson said.

She was later interviewed and made no comment.

Hillman, of Cowley Drive, Woodingdean, Brighton, East Sussex, is accused of dishonestly failing to promptly notify the Department for Work and Pensions and Brighton and Hove City Council that she was working - knowing that it would affect her entitlement to income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit.

She denies three counts of dishonestly failing to give prompt notification of a change of circumstances between June 2003 and January 2006, contrary to the Social Security Administration Act 1992.



Sophie: We’re Not The Hiltons - Aug 14 2007
Sophie Price has apparently spoken out about her and her sister Katie - saying they are "not like the Hilton sisters".

The 17-year-old model, whose older sis is non-other than glamour girl Jordan, said that she is used to her family being in the public eye.

She told New! magazine: "To me it’s normal. I don’t know any different and she’s been in the public eye since I was about six. She’s so normal. We’re not like the Hilton sisters." 

She added that the thing the pair argued about most was clothes.  "It’s always over clothes," she smiled. "I used to just take stuff but she had a go at me and said, ’If you ask then maybe you’ll get!’ So now I ask."

The brunette said she is a big fan of Katie and hubby Pete’s reality show, Katie And Peter: The Next Chapter.  "I love it," she gushed. "It’s been so well received and it’s so real. Jodie Marsh’s (show) is so bad I have to watch it too. I feel sorry for her. If I was her I just wouldn’t mention Kate because every time she does it’s embarrassing.

"Kate’s in a league of her own."

Jordan’s pink palace - Aug 8 2007
Jordan has apparently had a luxurious holiday villa built for her family - and it’s her favourite colour, pink, inside and out.

The glamour girl - real name Katie Price - and her husband Peter Andre apparently spent £3.5 million on the new pad.

The villa is in Cyprus, close to where Peter’s parents live in Larnaca, The Sun reports.

Katie, a mother of three, is said to have selected pink-flecked marble for inside the house, which also features a lift to a rooftop terrace with a pool.

The couple, who recently welcomed their new baby girl Princess Tiaamii, are expected to use the house as a relaxing getaway.

Peter, who contracted meningitis earlier this year, told the paper that the villa was "gorgeous", adding: "After everything that’s happened this year, Kate and I are in desperate need of a holiday.

"Hopefully now we’ll be able to get away whenever we feel like it."

Name analysis for Princess Tiaamii - July 25 2007
Jordan and Peter’s name for their baby daughter "won’t do her any favours", according to Laurence Y Payg, the UK’s only professional name analyst.

The showbiz couple have followed the pattern of many celebs by giving their children unusual or strange names.

But Laurence believes the little girl’s legal name, which indicates "personality, characteristics, virtues and vices" will make her "depressed, sarcastic and highly emotional".

"If that wasn’t bad enough then the letters in her name, which indicate the events in her life, show nothing of gains or success.

"This name is even worse than Junior," he said.