A brother and sister who tried to defraud their siblings in their dead mother’s will have been warned by a judge to expect jail. Adjourning passing sentence on David Lauro (50) and his 43-year-old sister Elaine Lauro at Craigavon Crown Court in Co Armagh, Judge Patrick Lynch QC said on Wednesday their offences “strikes at the very heart and foundation of decent family values”. She described how the defendants “called a family meeting” on February 28th, 2016 when they showed their three siblings, a sister and two brothers, “a document which they claimed was the will of their dead mother”. It also bequeathed to Elaine Lauro a property in Co. Sligo valued at £154,000 (€170,000) and to David Lauro, a property in Co. Leitrim valued at £31,000 (€34,000). The brother and sister were both questioned by police on July 10th, 2017 but they denied any fraud had taken place.

Source: The Irish Times July 17, 2019 15:38 UTC