The court heard the accused committed a number of fraud offences to enjoy the high life.
A Tipperary man has been jailed for 18 months for pretending to be a pilot in order to get a bank loan.
The court heard the accused in this case, David Nevin of Quay Road in Terryglass, Nenagh, has a ‘Walter Mitty’ type personality. The 46-year-old pretended to be a pilot with Etihad Airways to secure a bank loan of over 40 thousand euro.
Detective Garda Mark O’Riordan told the court the accused provided a false bank statement to secure the bank loan claiming he was earning 8 thousand euro a month working for the airline. He also provided false details to secure a loan for a 181 Audi and to try and get a credit card.
Nevin pleaded guilty to deception, attempted deception, use of a false instrument and creation of a false instrument.
In sentencing, Judge Elma Sheehan said the accused had been living an aspirational lifestyle and committed the offences not out of dire necessity but so he could enjoy the high life. She said a custodial sentence was inevitable and jailed him for 2 years with the final 6 months suspended.
