A 53-year-old father who, along with his wife involved their children in a series of frauds against insurance companies over a six-year period, has been jailed for two years.
Patrick Lawrence, along with his 52-year-old wife Eileen Lawrence, from Moyglas Glade in Lucan, and their two sons, Thomas and John Lawrence, all admitted claiming and trying to claim money from insurance companies in false names for road accidents and trips and falls.
Thomas and John, who were both children at the time, were given suspended sentences of one year each at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, while the judge said he wanted to reflect on the case of their mother and will…