‘Graves for sale’ scam man gets two years in jail

A 61-year-old man who stole over €20,000 in a “graves for sale” scam has been jailed for two years.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Carroll Moran imposed the sentence on Sean Leamy of Main St, Tulla, who robbed his employers, Clare County Council of €20,339 over 10 years.

It emerged in court he was stealing from the council by not passing on, to the authority, grave-plot fees he was receiving from grieving families and people buying plots between Sept 1999 and Jun 2009.