Asylum seeker who claimed to have been gang-raped and witnessed family's murder in Somalia exposed as £250k benefit fraudster

Benefit scam: Amina Muse claimed asylum in the UK based on 'atrocities' committed against her in Somalia - but was living in Sweden at the time

• Swindler is handed four-and-a-half year jail term for 'professionally planned' benefit scam
• Mother-of-six also conned Swedish government out of £50,000... and spent the money on holidays to Africa
• Judge brands fraudster's manipulation of the asylum system 'cynical' and 'dishonest'

An asylum seeker who claimed she had been gang-raped in Somalia was jailed today for swindling more than £250,000 in a 'professionally planned' benefit scam.
Amina Muse, 38, also conned Swedish authorities out of £50,000, spending the money on luxury living and holidays in Africa.
While she claimed asylum in the UK based on 'appalling atrocities' committed against her in Somalia, investigators found she was living in Sweden at the time.
Handing her a four-and-a-half-year prison term at Harrow Crown Court, in north London, Judge Stephen Holt told her: 'One of the most serious aspects of this case is your cynical, dishonest manipulation of the whole system of asylum.'
Muse, a mother of six, who also went by the name of Ayan Abdulle, sought refuge in Britain after moving to Sweden in 1995 where she was granted citizenship and enjoyed a 'comfortable' life.


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