Mother of 13 on benefits is branded a ‘scrounger’ by her eldest daughter

A mom of 13 on round £30,000 per 12 months in advantages has been labelled a 'scrounger' by her personal daughter.

Joanne Sheppard, 43, and companion Gary Bateman, 53, dwell in a £260,000 five-bedroom home in Bristol and their £1,200-per-month lease is believed to be coated by the taxpayer.

Her daughter Chelsea, 23, has now claimed her mom desires to 'preserve having children' as a result of she 'will get every little thing handed to her'.

Joanne Sheppard, pictured centre with companion Gary Bateman, again left, and a few of her 13 kids, has been accused of being a 'scrounger' by her eldest daughter Chelsea

The mother-of-two stated she and her mom have 'not received on' since she met her fiancé Steve and began a enterprise with him.

She advised the Solar: 'The rationale we do not get on together with her is as a result of we run our personal enterprise. She will get every little thing handed to her. It isn't proper.'

Miss Sheppard added: 'She's not the form of individual I'd ever like my children to be close to.' 

When approached at her five-bedroom house in Staple Hill, Bristol, at this time, Joanne would solely converse by way of a crack within the entrance door.

Carrying a dressing robe and surrounded by three younger kids she stated: 'I am not saying something, sorry.

'It does not matter what I believe. All I can say is that she's destroying my household so thanks so much.' 

Ms Sheppard, pictured, and her companion obtain round £30,000 in advantages a 12 months, together with their £1,200-per-month lease for his or her Bristol house, proper

It's understood Mr Bateman has not labored since 1999 and claims as much as £360 monthly in private independence funds for a again harm, whereas Ms Sheppard will get round £250 for appearing as his carer.

The couple are additionally believed to say £450 a month in baby profit and household tax credit value £1,200 monthly.

In accordance with the Solar Ms Sheppard stated she was 'not ' in commenting on her daughter's phrases.

Miss Sheppard, who fell pregnant together with her first baby aged 17, beforehand stated she felt she had been victimised for having so many kids.

Mr Bateman, left, has not labored since 1999 attributable to a again harm and receives round £360 monthly in private independence funds, whereas Ms Sheppard, proper, will get £250 monthly for appearing as his carer

Talking in 2010, earlier than the beginning of her 12th baby, she stated: 'I really feel we have now been victimised. We're having one other child, so what?

'Folks ought to only go away me alone. I do not care what folks consider me.'

She added: 'Why cannot everybody simply go away us alone - it is not like we're on medication or alcohol.

'I simply can't perceive what all of the fuss is about. It is simply not truthful.' 

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