2016-11-07
"Unofficial carer" stole €42k from grieving pensioner
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Marie McNally (67) took to her feet during the sentence hearing of her carer Laura Pennick at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today and asked Judge Melanie Greally for permission to speak, saying she was "bursting to say something". "She took advantage of me when my sons were shot," Ms McNally told the court. "She robbed me of every penny I had.