MAIL ONLINE: Stanley Clifton, 31, has never had a job and receives hundred of pounds a month in benefits / Judge brands him 'embodiment of welfare-dependent culture'A jobless layabout who receives incapacity benefit for alcoholism was branded 'the embodiment of the welfare dependency culture' when he appeared in court for failing to carry out his community service.
Judge John Walford expressed disbelief after hearing that Stanley Clifton, 31, has never had a job and receives hundreds of pounds a month in incapacity benefit because he is unfit to work due to his addiction.
The stunned judge vented his anger, calling the defendant a 'sponger' and branding the situation 'extraordinary'. Judge's fury at 'sponging' alcoholic who claims incapacity benefit because 'addiction makes him unable to work' >>> Daily Mail Reporter | Wednesday, March 09, 2011
