For more than a decade, a mother living here in Croydon managed to dupe some of the most eminent doctors in London.
She invented illnesses for her children so she could claim more than £375,000 in benefits.
She said they suffered from severe asthma, autism, urology problems, gastric complications.
It led to unnecessary medical treatment, including stomach surgery, for both children, so they would be fed through a tube.
In fact, they could eat perfectly normally.
A callous woman that has lied continually has been brought to justice and she's got the sentence that she truly deserves.
£375,000 claims, fraudulently in benefits.
The mother encouraged her son to behave as if he had autism.
When staff at his nursery tried to help, she resisted attempts to toilet train him.
Just one detail in a decade of cruelty.
I think this case is different because it did go on for so long.
And when we hear about cases of this sort, it's always a shock to think that parents can treat their children in this way.