2016-06-09
"Very talented" woman avoids jail despite DPP appeal over €132k theft
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She was given a wholly suspended two year sentence by Judge Patrick McCartan on November 30, 2015 on condition she stay out of trouble and make full restitution within 10 years. Counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions, Derek Cooney BL, submitted that the suspended sentence imposed on McAuley did not adequately deal with the offence, the ingenuity involved and the fact that it was done to repay a €90,000 theft from a previous company – for which there was no prosecution and which has been fully repaid.