Man jailed for claiming social protection under false name

The man had residency in the UK and was on temporary release there when he came to Dublin having travelled to Ireland from Belfast

The judge imposed a two-year prison sentence backdated to when the defendant went into custody last February. File photo

A man who claimed social protection payments under a false name after he fled the UK while he was on temporary release there from prison has been jailed for two years.

Nasser Hussein, aged 35, had residency in the UK and was on temporary release there when he came to Dublin having travelled to Ireland from Belfast. He used a false name to secure a social protection card which later allowed him to claim €5,913 in payments for day-to-day living.