Sports star used iPhone cord to pretend he had cancer to scam thousands of people

DJ Carey with what seems to be an iPhone cable up his nose

With a ‘tube’ up his nose and lying on a ‘hospital bed’, the photo appears to be of Ireland’s most famous sports stars being treated for cancer.

There is one problem – he didn’t have cancer.

DJ Carey, seen as one of the greatest hurlers of all time, has pleaded guilty to pretending to have cancer to trick people into giving him money.

The sports legend even conned Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien into giving him money to fund cancer treatment.