2025-02-25
Woman 'spotted opportunity' and dishonestly took housing finder's fees
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He acknowledged that she is the sole provider for her teenage daughter and accepted that she is "unlikely to come before the courts again". "She has repaid the money, it would be unjust to imprison her," Judge Nolan said, before he sentenced Dowling to one year which he suspended in full.