A former Fianna Fáil councillor has been remanded in custody for sentence after he was convicted of obtaining money by deception while working as a financial advisor.
Gary O'Flynn aged 38, with an address at Hayfield Drive, Castle Court, Whitechurch, Co Cork had denied a total of twenty one sample charges of obtaining money by deception.
The jury of eight men and four women at Cork Circuit Criminal Court found Gary OFlynn guilty of 13 counts of obtaining sums totalling €1,000 euro by deception.
The jury found Mr O'Flynn guilty of the 13 charges which related to money he obtained from Eric Higgins between Dec 31st 2009 and Jan 27th 2012.
They found him not guilty of a further five charges and he was acquitted by direction of a further three.
Judge Sean O Donnabhain refused bail and remanded Mr O'Flynn in custody for sentence on June 26th, but he acceded to a defence application for free legal aid to allow for the preparation of a psychiatric report on Mr O'Flynn.
