A man who defrauded a foreign student who was duped into renting a non-existent room may perform community service in lieu of a prison sentence. She adjourned the case to February to allow Lucas’s suitability for community service to be assessed. She intimated that she would order him to perform 240 hours of community service in lieu of three years’ imprisonment. She also told Lucas he had no idea how close he was to going to prison. ‘Extremely remorseful’Carol Doherty BL, defending, told the court Lucas had never taken social welfare and currently worked for a recruitment company.

Source: The Irish Times December 15, 2017 18:56 UTC