Man who was too scared to show for sentencing jailed in Cork over €35k scam

The accused told an elderly man a bogus story to get him to invest in land in Estonia that would be used in a scheme to attract Chinese and Russian business

The judge imposed a total sentence of two years with the last six months suspended.

A middle-aged man failed to show up in court for his sentencing for stealing €35,000 because he was sick with fear and yesterday he was jailed for 18 months.

Detective Garda Denise Fitzgerald testified that a 71-year-old man was introduced through a mutual friend to the accused man Tim Shelly of Crosshaven Road, Carrigaline, County Cork.