Ireland’s best conman... but he says he is ready to give himself up

A FUGITIVE conman wanted either side of the Border for swindling companies out of tens of thousands of euros worth of equipment, went on live radio yesterday to say he wants to give himself up.

Frank Shanley, who has been dubbed the Irish equivalent of US conman Frank Abagnale Jnr whose crimes were portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the Hollywood film ‘Catch me if you Can’, said he was stupid to flee last May before he served the last three weeks of a sentence in an Antrim Jail.

He said he will go back to Maghaberry and serve out his time before returning to the south to face three warrants issued for him in relation to thefts.