Pensioner who used dead brother's identity to claim more than €93,000 is jailed
The judge said the offences were "very much pre-meditated" and extended over a "significant period of time."
Aidan Byrne leaving Donegal Circuit Court
Stephen Maguire
A pensioner who used his dead brother's identity to claim more than €93,000 in benefits has been jailed for two and a half years.
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