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Tue 05 May 2004Ex-garda and woman are jailed for insurance fraudA retired Co Roscommon garda and a Co Longford woman who defrauded an insurance company by claiming they were involved in separate car accidents have been jailed for six months by Judge Frank O'Donnell at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.Desmond McGonigle and Jacqueline Kinlan were both sentenced to three years but Judge O'Donnell suspended the last two years and six months because she had brought to court the sum of €12,000 and he was offering €9,000 as compensation.