Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Laura Murphy

1 report across 1 case, 28 Sep 2021 to 28 Sep 2021

Victim: Laura Murphy, Irish woman (judged from name)Laura Murphy

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Theft; fraud (using false documents to obtain money)
Where
Co. Cork
Reporting
1 report, 28 Sep 2021 to 28 Sep 2021
Outlets
irishtimes.com

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
The court heard that Laura Murphy handed over all but €6,000 of a €218,000 inheritance to be invested but got less than half of the money back.
The court heard that Laura Murphy handed over all but €6,000 of a €218,000 inheritance to be invested but got less than half of the money back.
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishtimes.com, 28 Sep 2021

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Cases

latest first
  • Man sentenced to five years for theft and fraud in Cork Theft; fraud (using false documents to obtain money) · Co. Cork

    Mervyn Tanner, 46, of Mallow, Co Cork, ran a business lending money to people struggling to obtain loans and defrauded five victims out of over €200,000, including Laura Murphy who lost €120,000 of an inheritance. He was arrested by appointment in December 2018 and pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and five counts of using false documents to obtain money at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. In September 2021, Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin sentenced him to five years in jail, applying a two-year discount for his guilty plea.

    Sentenced, 28 Sep 2021Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Laura Murphy, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 28 Sep2021
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Man sentenced to five years for theft and fraud in Cork
    Former financial advisor who took clients’ funds jailed for five years
    victim, Laura Murphy, female, irish (judged from name)Laura Murphy

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