2014-11-28
"Repeat offender" accountant has fine for providing false auditor reports increased by Court of Appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Not only did Forde receive a conviction from the District Court in 2007 for similar offences but in March 2009 he received a six year suspended sentence. Mr Justice Mahon, who sat alongside Mr Justice George Birmingham and Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan ordered that Forde undertake 200 hours of community service in lieu of a 12-month sentence.