2020-02-24
'Unofficial carer' who stole €41k from grieving pensioner avoids jail
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Credit: Collins) By Isabel Hayes and Sonya McLean An "unofficial carer" who stole €41,000 in inheritance money from a grieving pensioner whose sons were shot dead has been given a suspended sentence on condition that she pay back the victim in full. In Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today, Judge Melanie Greally gave Laura Pennick (33) a three-year suspended sentence on condition that she continue putting aside €100 a week to repay Marie McNally the stolen inheritance money.