The Dairy Guest House in Scarcroft Road, York A YORK guesthouse boss who claimed he was “utterly unable to walk” has been jailed for benefit fraud - after an undercover operation spotted him going for two-mile walks with his dogs. Michael Colin Brown claimed disability living allowance from August 1995 on the grounds he was “utterly unable to walk and required day and night attention”, said Howard Shaw, prosecuting. But undercover surveillance recorded him doing the shopping at a supermarket and local shops, carrying loads, coming and going from his guesthouse, the Dairy Guest House in Scarcroft Road, driving a car and going for two-mile walks with his dogs, all without assistance or walking aids.