Westmeath man pleads guilty to insurance fraud

A Westmeath man who pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to defrauding insurance companies of more than £55,000 Irl in the mid 1990s has been remanded for sentence on December 9.

Peter Leahy (aged 37) of Old Longford Road, Mullingar, pleaded guilty to one count of defrauding Guardian PMPA of £24,000 and two counts of defrauding Cornhill Insurance of a total of £31,455 on dates between October 1995 and November 1996.