A judge has issued a bench warrant after a man who defrauded about 1,200 people while posing as a barrister and personal insolvency practitioner failed to turn up for his sentence.
David Williams (67), with an address in Lacken, Blessington, Co Wicklow, pleaded guilty to multiple sample counts of deception on dates between January 2019 and June 2020.
He also admitted to charges of providing legal services while an unqualified person and acting as a personal insolvency practitioner while an unauthorised person during the same period.
In a separate matter, Williams pleaded guilty to defrauding a Galway woman in her 80s by dishonestly inducing her to buy a mini-digger for over €7,000.
Williams was due to be sentenced on Friday, but he…
