Man who stole almost €500k in welfare facing sentence

A father of four who used false IDs to fraudulently claim almost half a million euro in social welfare payments over a 12 year period is to be sentenced today.
David Church of Parnell Street in Dublin city centre and formerly Monadreen, Thurles, Co Tipperary, faced 199 charges of unlawfully claiming Jobseekers' Allowance and Rent Allowance at various post offices around Dublin between September 2002 and July 2013.