DJ Carey not present during celebration of All-Ireland winning Kilkenny GAA legends after plea from fraud victim
On July 2, the former hurler
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DJ Carey and the 2000 All-Ireland winning Kilkenny team were honoured before Sunday's final
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DJ Carey was not present after pleading guilty to fraud
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It presented a conundrum for the GAA ahead of a planned celebration of the Kilkenny team that won Liam MacCarthy in 2000 before today's final between Cork and Tipperary.
Carey, 54, was a part of that team and even scored 1-4 on the day in question.
And while he was not down on the pitch alongside his former teammates at GAAHQ, his name was still read out over the PA system, drawing boos from the crowd in the stands.
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His other 12 named victims include Owen and Ann Conway, Mark and Sharon Kelly, Aidan Mulligan, Tony Griffin and Christy Browne, Thomas Butler, Jeffrey Howes, Noel Tynan, Edwin Carey and Aonghus Leydon.
Tynan called for the GAA not to honour Carey as part of the Kilkenny jubilee team.
The business owner said: 'It would be, completely, 100 per cent wrong."
Carey had been due to stand trial at
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He admitted to dishonestly, and by deception, inducing victims to make monetary payment to him after he fraudulently claimed to have cancer and needed finances to obtain treatment.
The charges are under Section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act.
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Carey carried out the cancer cash scam over an eight-year period, between 2014 to 2022.
Carey was due to stand trial in a case expected to last four weeks at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
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Twenty-eight witnesses had been expected to give evidence for the prosecution.
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