Would-be con artist caught out by CCTV

A scam involving a man faking a road accident has been caught on camera on a busy Limerick street.

Dressed in dark clothing, the con artist walks from a food store and then lays down on the middle of the road, roaring for help and pretending he was hit by a passing car.

The incident happened at 5.37pm on Thursday last, and the fraudster begins his act after leaving Gleeson’s Spar shop on the corner of Catherine St and Glentworth St.