Michael De Souza handed community service after judge’s daughter says he should not be jailed
The creator of the children’s TV character Rastamouse has been ordered to do community service for benefit fraud, after the judge’s daughter said the author should not be jailed.
Michael De Souza, 64, the writer of the popular CBeebies animated stop-motion show about the leader of a crime-fighting reggae band, wrongly claimed £3,581.90 in jobseeker’s allowance and £5,186.12 in housing benefit in 2017.