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Con man jailed over All-Ireland tickets scam
Summary
David Marsh, a 30‑year‑old former IT worker, was sentenced to four‑and‑a‑half months in jail for stealing €1,200 from a colleague in Stepaside, Dublin, by promising her All‑Ireland football final tickets. The offence, committed on 17 September 2015, was added to a two‑year sentence he is already serving for earlier scams. Marsh had previously defrauded a Limerick couple out of €76,000 by promising a cheap house, and had scammed colleagues and tag‑rugby teammates out of nearly €8,000 by claiming he could secure tickets to a Conor McGregor UFC fight. He pleaded guilty in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, where the judge noted the similarity of this offence to his earlier conduct. Marsh admitted the fraud, apologized, and a psychological report indicated depression and suicidal ideation. The judge imposed the new sentence to run consecutively with the existing two‑year term.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Con man jailed over All-Ireland tickets scam. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 17, 2015 Incident
- September 2015 Other
- December 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 2014 Other
- 2017-02-28 Publication
Why: He said his client "shouldn't be disadvantaged because this matter is dealt with separately". CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Sentencing Marsh today, Judge John Aylmer said this offence was of a similar nature to the previous string of offences, for which Marsh was sentenced last July. He imposed a four-and-a-half month sentence to run consecutively to the two-year sentence Marsh is currently serving.
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