Elderly Cork man had funeral funds stolen by man claiming to be cleaning gutters

The 81-year-old man had saved €5,500 to pay for his own funeral and almost all of it was stolen

The 81-year-old man was counting out over €5,500 onto his kitchen table when the defendant took a lot of it saying he was after cleaning his gutters. File photo: iStock

An 81-year-old man counting out over €5,500 onto his kitchen table which he had saved to pay for his own funeral had most of the money stolen from him by a 31-year-old man who claimed he was to be paid for cleaning gutters.

Garda Brendan Dunne said the crime was committed at 11am on July 1, 2020, when the 81-year-old man was sitting at his kitchen table in Kanturk, Co Cork.