Receiver appointed over six-figure payout to child rapist whose home burnt down

Mortgage company claims it is owed over €400k over man's failure to repay loans

It is estimated that the man was paid out about €125,000.

A mortgage company has secured a temporary High Court order allowing it to appoint a receiver over an estimated six-figure insurance payout to a convicted child rapist whose property burnt down.

The interim order was secured by Start Mortgages DAC which claims that the man, who cannot be identified and who the High Court heard on Tuesday is currently in jail, owes it over €400,000 arising out of his failure to repay loans.