Man receives three year sentence for 'accident' scam

A Co Louth man has been jailed for three years for his role in a £151,000 insurance fraud conspiracy arising out of what was described as "a dramatic accident that never happened" in 1996.

James Murphy, aged 44, a lorry driver of Main Street, Castlebellingham was found guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on December 19 last on day 15 of a trial.