Gerard Lawlor gets suspended sentence for welfare fraud

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Gerard Lawlor received a fully suspended three-year sentence for stealing social welfare payments at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 15 June 2017. He had pleaded guilty to 11 sample counts involving €167,873 claimed between 2005 and 2015.

The judge imposed the sentence after a probation report found his disabled sister could not be cared for without his assistance. Lawlor had no previous convictions and was ordered to comply with strict conditions.