Former doctor accused of defrauding patients by promising cure for cancer

A former doctor from Co Clare has gone on trial accused of defrauding the families of two terminally ill cancer patients by promising them a cure.

Pascal Carmody (aged 69) of Ballycuggeran, Killaloe, has pleaded not guilty to nine charges relating to the payment of more than €16,000 for the treatment of a 15-year-old boy and a 58-year-old man who died more than 10 years ago.