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Mortgage company gets order over six-figure insurance pay-out to child rapist
Summary
Start Mortgages DAC secured a temporary High Court order to appoint a receiver over an estimated €125,000 insurance payout to a convicted child rapist who is currently in jail and owes the company over €400,000. The man, who was jailed for 12 years in 2014 after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault of a seven‑year‑old girl, had obtained a mortgage of over €265,000 from Start for a property in the South‑East. A year later the property was destroyed by fire and insured by Zurich, which agreed to pay over €222,000 for reconstruction. Zurich paid an initial €85,000 to the man's lawyers, of which Start claims €30,000 was used to clear mortgage arrears. Start alleges the property was never rebuilt and the funds were misused. After the man's imprisonment, Start sold the derelict property for about €33,000 and seeks to recover the remaining insurance proceeds.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Mortgage company gets order over six-figure insurance pay-out to child rapist. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- 2022-06-28 Publication
Why: The court heard that while the exact figure of the payment is not known, Start estimates that it will be approximately €125,000 and says that those funds should be paid to it in order to satisfy the man's alleged debt to it. Court evidence reported by CNI
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; The man was jailed for 12 years by the Central Criminal Court in 2014 after he was found guilty by a jury of charges including rape and the sexual assault of his ex-partner's young daughter, which commenced when the victim was aged seven years. On Tuesday Ms Justice Nuala Butler at the High Court heard that, several years before being jailed, the man obtained a mortgage with Start for over €265,000 to obtain a property in the South-East.; The matter was adjourned to a date in July.
Places mentioned
- High Court
- Central Criminal Court
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