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 €40,000.
Detective Garda Mark O’Riordan told the court the accused provided a false bank statement to secure the bank loan claiming he was earning €8,000 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.
