A DUBLIN man who was awarded £21,000 in a personal injuries claim against Dublin Corporation and then pleaded guilty to perjury, was ordered to pay back the balance of the money in the High Court yesterday.
Mr John Gallagher SC, for Dublin Corporation, said that it had been established that George Malone (58), a lorry driver, of Neilstown Crescent, Clondalkin had not sustained injuries as he had claimed.
He had pleaded guilty to perjury in the Circuit Criminal Court last October and since then had repaid £15,000 to the Corporation. Mr Gallagher said he was asking for judgment against Malone for £12,000, including costs. Mr Justice McCracken made the order.
Malone had claimed damages for personal injuries, loss and damage alleged to have been suffered by him on or about November 25th, 1987, at Colepark Avenue, Ballyfermot. He claimed his foot came in contact with a hole in or near the footpath and he fell.
In October, Malone admitted in the Circuit Criminal Court that during the High Court case he gave false evidence of falling into a hole at Colepark Avenue. The court was told that the fraud was detected by diligent Corporation staff who discovered the facts about a real accident Malone had when he fell from his truck in Hammond lane scrap yard on November 25th, 1987, which according to witnesses was his own fault.