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image captionGerald Corrigan was murdered by a crossbow shot outside his remote home near Holyhead in 2019
A jury in the trial of a man accused of defrauding a man who was later murdered with a crossbow has been discharged.
Richard Wyn Lewis, 50, took £200,000 from Gerald Corrigan, who was killed his home on Anglesey in 2019, Mold Crown Court heard.
Mr Lewis, of Llanfair-yn-Neubwll near Holyhead, had denied eight counts of fraud.
Now it has emerged that the jury in the trial was discharged on Monday owing to health reasons.
The case has been adjourned until 10 January, 2022.
Anglesey crossbow murder victim swindled out of £200,000 by conman, court hears
Richard Wyn Lewis, 50, took thousands of pounds from Gerald Corrigan and his partner Marie Bailey, a jury was told
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A pensioner who was fatally shot with a crossbow had been virtually cleaned out after giving about £200,000 to a conman, a court has heard.
Richard Wyn Lewis, 50, took thousands of pounds from Gerald Corrigan and his partner Marie Bailey, which he claimed was going towards property development and the purchase of horses, a trial at Mold Crown Court heard on Wednesday.
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image captionGerald Corrigan and his partner Marie Bailey were virtually cleaned out after giving about £200,000 to Richard Wyn Lewis, court hears
A retired lecturer who was shot dead with a crossbow had been virtually cleaned out after giving £200,000 to a conman, a court has heard.
Richard Wyn Lewis, 50, took the money from Gerald Corrigan and his partner Marie Bailey and claimed to spend it on property development and horses, a trial at Mold Crown Court has heard.
Mr Corrigan, 74, was murdered outside his remote home near Holyhead on Anglesey, in April 2019.
Mr Lewis denies eight counts of fraud.
Crossbow execution victim scammed out of £200,000 by conman , court told
Richard Wyn Lewis is alleged to have taken tens of thousands of pounds from murder victim Gerald Corrigan and his partner Marie Bailey in a scam unrelated to the killing
Richard Wyn Lewis and Siwan Maclean are on trial at Mold Crown Court (Image: Daily Post Wales)
A pensioner who was fatally shot with a crossbow had been âvirtually cleaned outâ after giving about £200,000 to a conman, a court has heard.
Richard Wyn Lewis, 50, took thousands of pounds from Gerald Corrigan and his partner Marie Bailey, which he claimed was going towards property development and the purchase of horses, a trial at Mold Crown Court heard on Wednesday.
13:29 EDT, 14 April 2021
Garald Corrigan, 74, who lived in a remote part of Anglesey, North Wales, was murdered in 2019 after he was virtually cleaned out having handed £200,000 to a conman who promised to develop his home
A pensioner who was murdered with a crossbow had been virtually cleaned out after handing £200,000 to a farmer conman who promised to develop his home and sell it for £2m, a court heard today.
Richard Wyn Lewis, 50, took thousands of pounds from Gerald Corrigan and his partner Marie Bailey, which he claimed was going towards property development and the purchase of horses, a trial at Mold Crown Court was told.