sikander rafiq , 34 , and samara jabreen , 32 , lied to birmingham city council about their relationship in a scam spanning an eight year period .
the couple , from ward end , birmingham , claimed £ 66,268 housing benefit , council tax benefit and income support .
but three years later , when rafiq bought them a house , jabreen claimed to be a private tenant and asked that her benefit payments be made to her landlord , rafiq .