‘Sophisticated deception’ – Man who got €167,000 after losing two toes in lawnmower accident lied about where it happened | Irish Independent


An Irish man avoided jail after being found guilty of deception for receiving €167,000 in insurance money for a lawnmower accident he falsely reported.
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‘Sophisticated deception’ – Man who got €167,000 after losing two toes in lawnmower accident lied about where it happened

Gerald Guidera told the court he had ‘no way of paying the money back’Judge Keenan Johnson ordered him to pay €20,000 in five instalments

Co. Laois man who lost two toes in a lawnmower accident, has avoided jail.

A man who received €167,000 from an insurance company after he lost two toes in a lawnmower accident has avoided jail after it was revealed he lied about the location of the incident.

Gerald Guidera (47), from Bianconi Way, Portlaoise, Co Laois, pleaded not guilty to deception at a trial in February this year.

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