Horse breeder who duped farmer (95) into handing over €70,000 given suspended sentence
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 deposi...