MP demands fraudster deportation

Sungaradazzo Mudgyiwa stole the identity of a woman from Wales

An MP is calling for a fraudster who stole more than £100,000 in benefits to be deported.

Sungaradazzo Mudgyiwa, from Zimbabwe, is back in the council house in Whitstable, Kent, where she was living before her conviction in 2004.

Local MP Julian Brazier said he backed the trial judge who said Mudgyiwa, who has served a year in jail, should be deported on her release.

The Home Office said people were not currently being returned to Zimbabwe.

Mr Brazier, Conservative MP for Canterbury and Whitstable, said: "A court has recommended she should be deported and it is time the Home Office did it.

'Common criminal'

"With asylum cases, where there is a threat to someone from the brutal regime in Zimbabwe, then deportations are very difficult.

"But this woman is a common criminal who worked a huge benefits scam. The sooner she goes back to Zimbabwe the better."

Mudgyiwa falsely claimed benefits including income support, council tax and child benefit by assuming the identity of a mother-of-two from Wales.

She obtained and slightly altered the birth certificate of Kim Daniels.

Kim Daniels was unaware her identity was being used in the scam

Mudgyiwa called herself Sheena Kim Daniels, a name she is still using.

"It is unbelievable that somebody can just receive a copy of your birth certificate and take over your life," said the real Kim Daniels.

"I was unaware of what was going on until a council officer came to my home and told me I was claiming benefits up in London."

Mudgyiwa was sentenced to four-and-a-half years at Canterbury Crown Court, of which she served a year before returning to Whitstable.

She has refused to comment.

The Home Office said in a statement that it was working to resolve concerns about Zimbabwe identified by the asylum and immigrations tribunal.