Court rules French film star Dany Boon to get €4.87m in fraud case

Judge said court was satisfied Mr Boon had been 'defrauded' and 'conned' out of a significant amount of money by Terry Birles and various corporate entities associated with him

Matter first came before the court last July when Mr Boon, pictured, had claimed Mr Birles advised that he invest €4.5m of his money through South Sea Merchant's Mariners in a scheme with the Irish Central Bank. Picture via Wikipedia

Well known French film star Dany Boon is entitled to €4.87m in damages against several entities found to have defrauded him, a High Court judge has ruled.

On Tuesday, Mr Justice Brian O'Moore said he was satisfied to make the award in favour Mr Boon in proceedings where the French celebrity had sought damages against French national Thierry Fialek-Birles, aka Terry Birles, aka Thierry Waterford-Mandeville, and companies linked to him.