Man claimed to be 'a son of Seán Quinn' in 'Walter Mitty enterprise', Cork court told

There were the two offences of theft by deception which resulted in €3,000 being transferred to his account

The judge imposed a sentence of 18 months suspended in its entirety. File picture: Larry Cummins

A Walter Mitty-type attempt by a man called Richard Quilligan to present himself during a financial deception as being “a son of Seán Quinn” was one of the bizarre aspects of his crime.

47-year-old Richard Quilligan of 2 Roche’s Road, Rathkeale, County Limerick, pleaded guilty to two charges of making a gain by deception in May 2020 at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.