Man scammed Cork couple out of €3k over garden job

Defendant went to the injured parties’ home at White’s Cross and they gave him €3,000 deposit for boundary fencing work that he never carried out, court told

Martin Enright of Teach Mhuire, Roxboro Road, Limerick, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to the charge of theft by deception.

A 54-year-old man based in Limerick caused a lot of distress for a couple in Cork by scamming them out of €3,000 cash for a job in their garden that he never even started.

Martin Enright of Teach Mhuire, Roxboro Road, Limerick, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to the charge of theft by deception.