Ex-registrar admits €20k theft in ‘graves for sale’ case

A FORMER graveyard registrar has pleaded guilty to the theft and larceny of over €20,000 from Clare County Council in a “graves for sale” case.

Ex-registrar admits €20k theft  in ‘graves for sale’ case

At Ennis Circuit Court yesterday, Seán Leamy, aged 60, of Main St, Tulla, Co Clare, pleaded guilty to 49 counts concerning the theft and larceny of €20,022 from the council concerning the sale of burial plots at Clonlea Graveyard, Kilkishen, over a 10-year period.

Leamy had previously pleaded guilty to one sample charge of stealing cash of €317 from the council at Main St, Tulla, on July 20, 1999, in connection with the same offences.

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