2024-11-25
Disgraced solicitor further jailed for stealing €400 from client
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Having considered the mitigation, he said the court "must extend" O'Higgins's time in prison and imposed a global sentence of 27 months, backdated to October 21 last. O'Higgins spoke after Judge Nolan had finalised the sentence, saying he wished to apologise to everyone impacted by this.