Man found guilty of insurance fraud

A jury has found a Co Louth man guilty of involvement in a £151,000 insurance fraud conspiracy in 1996 and has acquitted a retired garda of the same charge arising out of what was called "a dramtic accident that never happened".

James Murphy (aged 44), a lorry driver of Main St, Castlebellingham was remanded in custody by Judge Joesph Matthews at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sentence on January 29, 2004.