Roofer scammed €3k from woman, 84

A judge has adjourned sentencing a roofer found guilty of scamming €3,000 from an 84-year-old woman for unnecessary work at her north Co Dublin cottage.

John McCarthy Jr, aged 21, with an address at the Lane, College Farm, Newbridge, Co Kildare, was convicted at Dublin District Court in January of theft from Kathleen Byrne on November 3, 2014.

Yesterday the judge was furnished with a pre-sentence probation report on McCarthy, and a victim impact statement from Ms Byrne was also handed in to court by Garda John Doran.