A SINGLE mum fraudulently collected nearly £2,000 in benefits while she worked at Burnham Holiday Village, a court heard this week (Monday).

Kate Thorne, 21, escaped with a 12-month community rehabilitation order (CRO) after Bridgwater magistrates decided against sending her to prison - despite a similar offence that she committed in Taunton Deane.

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