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One-legged man accused  of fraud over disability allowance A MAN with one leg was accused of being a benefit cheat because officials had examined the wrong limb. Former truck driver Robert Punter, 63, was hauled before court and accused of falsely claiming benefits despite having his left leg amputated in JanuaryHe had suffered problems with the leg for many years after it was shattered in a boyhood shotgun accident in which he almost died.The confusion over his benefit claims was because he also later suffered a serious toe injury to his right foot.