Cork Man Given Ten Year Suspended Jail Sentence For Arson And Attempted Fraud
A Cork man has been given a ten-year suspended jail sentence for arson and attempted fraud after he set fire to his own business having increased his insurance cover.
David Healy of Passage West had denied a charge of arson which caused €200,000 worth of damage at Munster Air Compressors in December 2014.
He had been a company director of the business.
A jury of eight men and three women found him guilty following a six-day trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.
Healy subsequently pleaded guilty to a second charge of making a fraudulent insurance claim against FBD Insurance in January 2015.
Judge Gerard O'Brien suspended the prison sentence on the condition that he pay the state a total of €33,000.
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