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Former FG councillor who received corrupt payments get legal aid for Supreme Court bid
Summary
Fred Forsey Jnr, a former Fine Gael councillor aged 46, was convicted of receiving three corrupt payments totalling €80,000 from a property developer in 2006. The payments were alleged to have been made to influence Waterford County Council officials and councillors to grant planning permission for a development at Ballygagin, and to alter the zoning of the land in the Waterford County Development Plan. Forsey also allegedly sought to bring the land under the control of the Dungarvan Urban Development Committee, of which he was a member. He was found guilty by a jury at the Waterford Circuit Criminal Court and sentenced to six years' imprisonment, with the final two years suspended by Judge Gerard Griffin on 27 June 2012. In July 2016 the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal against conviction. In 2017 his lawyers applied for a legal‑aid certificate to bring a Supreme Court appeal. Mr Justice George Birmingham granted the certificate. Fred Forsey Jnr pleaded not guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Former FG councillor who received corrupt payments get legal aid for Supreme Court bid. Charges or matters: receiving €60,000, €10,000 and €10,000 in three corrupt payments from a property developer in 2006, who had an interest in a planning permission for the development of land at Ballygagin Co Waterford. Procedural stage: appeal. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- June 27 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2017-11-03 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: receiving €60,000, €10,000 and €10,000 in three corrupt payments from a property developer in 2006, who had an interest in a planning permission for the development of land at Ballygagin Co Waterford (Proven)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; He was found guilty by a jury at Waterford Circuit Criminal Court and sentenced to six years imprisonment with the final two suspended by Judge Gerard Griffin on June 27 2012.
Places mentioned
- Supreme Court
- Waterford
- Waterford Circuit Criminal Court
- Court of Appeal
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