Former Zimpapers journalist Clemence Marijeni and his wife conned £450,000 in maternity payments in the United Kingdom and bulding themselves a mansion back home in Zimbabwe.

Clemence Marijeni, 44, was at the centre of a 12-person fraud ring who claimed taxpayers’ cash meant for mothers of young babies.

They claimed £720,000 in maternity allowance payments over more than four years – but got their hands on less than half a million pounds worth after DWP officials became suspicious.

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