A Co Cork horse breeder, who dishonestly induced a 95-year old Kerry man into withdrawing €70,000 of his savings from his bank account, was today given a two-year suspended jail sentence.
Patrick Hurley, 73, from Carhoogarriff, Leap, Co Cork, had earlier been found guilty by a jury at Tralee Circuit Court, sitting in Limerick, of two counts of deception, involving sums totaling €70,000 from the victim, Eugene O’Sullivan, from Kenmare.
Mr Hurley was convicted of dishonestly and with the intention of making gain for himself or another, by a deception of falsely stating that monies deposited in Mr O’Sullivan’s bank account were not secure, and did thereby induce the victim to withdraw €20,000 on December 14th, 2016, and €50,000, on March 15th, 2017
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