Price of ‘scrapped’ car trebled while mileage plummeted

A man who sold a car for scrap for €500 has since spotted it for sale for €1,500, with 300,000 fewer kilometres on the clock.

The man also received M50 tolls, and a speeding fine, for the car, which was no longer supposed to be on the road.

The case was heard before a district court in Co Cork, recently, ahead of a TV programme, this week, which indicated that potentially unsafe vehicles are on Irish roads, including some brought in from overseas.