Property developer jailed for bank scam

A pensioner property developer who orchestrated an elaborate mortgages fraud which saw Bank of Ireland scammed for almost €1m was jailed yesterday for four years.

Property developer jailed for bank scam

Patrick (Patsy) Walsh, who turns 70 next month, of Tinahealy, Co Wicklow, jumped bail before his sentencing in 2014 in Cork but was arrested on a European warrant in Liverpool last month.

The warrant came to the attention of UK police when Walsh made a complaint about some matter in his locality, Detective Sergeant Mary Skehan told Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

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