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A FORMER Killaloe doctor who was charged with 18 offences last month, including defrauding termi- nally ill cancer patients, faced a fur- ther 26 charges yesterday (Monday).
Pascal Carmody (60) of Bally- cuggaran, Killaloe, was originally arrested on December 17 last and charged with 18 offences.
These charges included defrauding three terminally ill cancer patients of between €100 and €20,000 between January 2001 and December 2002.
At Killaloe District Court yester- day, Detective Sergeant Oliver Nevin gave evidence of arresting Mr Car- mody at Cullina, Ballina, County Tipperary, and charging him with 26 additional offences.
The accused made no reply in re- sponse to the charges.
The alleged offences include steal- ing cheques and obtaining monies under false pretences, contrary to the Feo aa
Mr Carmody is also accused of deception, contrary to the Criminal Justice Theft and Fraud Act.
The original 18 offences are similar to the new ones preferred yesterday and involve six alleged injured par- ties in total.
All the offences are alleged to have occurred at a clinic in east Clare. Some of the charges allege that the
former GP obtained money “by false- ly pretending that cancer would be cured by photodynamic treatment.” In court yesterday, the State did not object to the accused being remand-
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Judge Joseph Mangan remanded Mr Carmody on continuing bail to appear in court in March, for service
of the Book of Evidence.