Judge: Man claiming arson compo committed 'sin of omission' by failing to disclose criminal record

A convicted thief who hid his criminal record from a motor insurance company has had an €11,000 claim for compensation dismissed after a judge held he committed a “sin of omission”.

Julien Aurica, a Romanian national with an address at Hampton Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, sued Zurich Insurance after his BMW was gutted in an arson attack.