2023-07-27
No jail for carer who stole €122k from elderly couple during pandemic
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) By Claire Henry and Eimear Dodd A married carer who fell for an online romance fraud and stole €122,000 from a vulnerable elderly couple during the pandemic to send to a fictitious US soldier, has been handed a fully suspended prison sentence. Imposing sentence today, Judge Pauline Codd said it was "cold comfort" to the injured parties that Manning didn't use the money "to enrich herself and buy lavish things, but succumbed to fraudsters".