Jail term increased for man who conned pensioner

A Kerry man who conned a 74-year-old man living in an isolated Cork home of €300 had another two years added to a recent three-year jail term for a similar crime.

Noting extensive previous convictions of a similar nature for Denis O’Brien, aged 29, of 2 Hazelwood Drive, Ballyspillane, Killarney, Co Kerry, Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said: “This man will continue with this kind of behaviour until his time in prison burns him out.”