2014-06-30
Bank manager who stole almost €450k from clients has half his sentence suspended on appeal
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Kevin Jarlath Mitchell (55) was jailed for four years by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to ten sample counts of charges relating to stealing money from clients while he was a senior official at ACC Bank in Kilrush, Co Clare. Mr Paul Carroll BL, for the State, had submitted that it could not be said the sentence imposed was outside the appropriate range and an error in principle had not been identified by Mr McGrath.