2014-10-13
PA who stole €2.8 million from U2 star must await appeal fate
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: Carol Hawkins (51), originally from North London but with a last address at Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin was jailed in 2012 on 181 counts of theft from two of Mr Clayton's Bank of Ireland accounts over a four year period from 2004 to 2008. In the Court of Criminal Appeal today, Ms Hawkins appealed her conviction and sentence on multiple grounds including inadequacies in the disclosure process of her trial, the refusal to exclude witnesses from court during cross examination and the admission of prejudicial evidence against her.