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Admin · Posted June 16th, 2009, 08:32 PM

I guess the people at the government benefits agency watch TV too... Imagine that. Poor Fred Bowers!

Original story is here.

TV dance man, 73, loses benefits

A Leicestershire 73-year-old who wowed audiences by breakdancing on Britain's Got Talent has had his benefit stopped.

Fred Bowers said the allowance he received for a leg injury has been suspended while the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) investigates.

Mr Bowers, from Loughborough, said: "I'm going to struggle on. They're not going to stop me from dancing."

A DWP spokesman said: "We do investigate and take seriously all accusations of fraudulent claims."

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-Ra- · Posted June 16th, 2009, 09:59 PM

Bravo old man, you just got pwned.

Ra,

Naughty KP · Posted June 16th, 2009, 11:59 PM

Seriously, what did this guy expect, doing something like that for the whole world to see (it's now on youtube). One thing I have learnt. You can't escape the government. Unless it's bittorrent.

NKP

TamaMum · Posted June 17th, 2009, 04:07 AM

If he wants his benefit allowance re-instated by the DWP, he's going to have to dance for it

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73-year-old man breakdances on 'Britains Got Talent' - Then loses his government allowance for a hurt leg

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-Ra- Senior Member Posts: 2,058 Thanked 445 Times LOLed 714 Times	#2 Posted June 16th, 2009, 09:59 PM Bravo old man, you just got pwned. Ra,

Naughty KP Senior Member Posts: 1,867 Blog Entries: 239 Thanked 112 Times LOLed 209 Times	#3 Posted June 16th, 2009, 11:59 PM Seriously, what did this guy expect, doing something like that for the whole world to see (it's now on youtube). One thing I have learnt. You can't escape the government. Unless it's bittorrent. NKP

TamaMum Senior Member Posts: 793 Blog Entries: 4 Thanked 130 Times LOLed 118 Times	#4 Posted June 17th, 2009, 04:07 AM If he wants his benefit allowance re-instated by the DWP, he's going to have to dance for it