2016-12-22
Man stole €10k from hospitalised pensioner's life savings
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: John McDonald (58) was jailed for 18 months in May 2015 by Judge Martin Nolan. Yesterday Dean Kelly BL, defending, told Judge Nolan McDonald had "no funds available for compensation". "This case has a long history," Judge Nolan said. "I sentenced him on a certain basis, on certain submissions and promises made to the court.; McDonald pleaded guilty in 2012 and asked for the case to be adjourned so he could repay the victim.