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RTÉ Investigates: Barrister & Conman – The Patrick Russell Story is on RTÉ Player

RTÉ needed a win before the Toy Show this week. They got some of it on Wednesday with RTÉ Investigates: Barrister & Conman – The Patrick Russell Story (RTÉ Player and RTÉ One). The forensic story of a serial fraudster, the only thing missing was more screen time with the serial fraudster himself, Patrick Russell.

The researchers talked to more than 60 men and women that he defrauded, starting in the 1990s and running up his jail sentence earlier this year. He defrauded people from all walks of life in Ireland, including 100 grand from Foster and Allen, which is a bit like punching Bosco.