The GAA sporting legend, Denis Joseph (DJ) Carey (54), passed another milestone in ignominy on Monday when Judge Martin Nolan sentenced the twice-named Hurler of the Year to 5½ years in prison.
In July, the former Kilkenny captain pleaded guilty to 10 charges of using fraud and deception to cheat people out of money. The people named in the charges were just a sample of his victims in an extraordinary campaign of deception that lasted at least eight years and probably longer.
Carey still looked a strong, fit man in court, though his lawyers have said the fraudster – who falsely claimed he needed money to pay for cancer treatment – now has “genuine” heart issues.
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