A Co Louth man has been jailed for three years for his role in a £151,000 insurance fraud conspiracy arising out of what was described as "a dramatic accident that never happened" in 1996.

The jury in the £151,000 alleged insurance fraud conspiracy trial is scheduled to begin its deliberations tomorrow at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Mullingar businessman has told an alleged Ir£151,000 insurance fraud conspiracy trial that invoices purporting to come from him were spurious documents and had not been signed by him.

A former garda accused of involvement in a £151,000 insurance fraud conspiracy in 1996 told detectives he saw a car and a truck lying in a ditch on a new Co Leitrim bypass.

A factory security man has told the jury in the 'fake accident' trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that neither saw nor heard any indication of a major collision at the alleged scene.