A ONE-legged amputee cricketer says he has lost his disability benefits after being filmed playing for his local club.
Shaun Rigby, 37, said the claimed it showed he “wasn’t disabled enough”;.
The sheet metal worker, who lost his right leg in a tractor accident when he was two, has played cricket since the age of seven and has represented .
He regularly played for Allscott Heath in with the aid of a runner — taking extra medication to cope with pain.
But he came under investigation by the DWP — leading to his benefits he has received since 2016 being axed and his mobility car being withdrawn.
Shaun said: “I play cricket — it doesn’t mean my leg has suddenly grown back.”;
The dad of four, of Telford, Shrops, added: “They are basically saying I am mobile enough and accusing me of lying on the application.
“But when I ticked I couldn’t walk without being in pain, I wasn’t lying, I just carry on through the pain.”;
He has 30 days to appeal and is now £500 worse off a month.
Shaun added: “It is so unfair just because I play cricket.
”; Are disabled people not allowed to take part in sport?
“Everyone’s telling me to appeal but it has all taken so much out of me, I don’t think I can face it.”;
The DWP declined to comment on the ongoing investigation.
