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Court orders man to pay €410,000 to bereaved stepchildren he left alone in family home

A man who left his bereaved stepchildren alone in the family home before he “cut them off from all income” has been ordered to pay them €410,000 in damages and legal fees.

Ms Justice Eileen Roberts said the now-adult Tara, Karl and Desmond Seepersad had for some years been without income due under a 2009/2010 settlement agreement they entered into with their estranged stepfather, Jim Cahill, when they were aged between 17-18 and their early 20s.

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