Man who conned rent from foreign students given suspended sentence

A gambling addict and former sports coach who conned rent from foreign students by pretending to let out his apartment has received a three-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Harry Henry (aged 46) of York House, Little Longford Street had a suspended sentence for cheque book theft when he pretended to be a landlord and defrauded a total of €5,750 from five different parties to cover a gambling debt.