Brendan Mullin denies theft as prosecution makes closing case

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Brendan Mullin has pleaded not guilty to theft, deception and false accounting charges at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court; a prosecution closing speech was reported on 31 October 2024.

The charges include one count of stealing €500,000 from the bank in Dublin on 16 December 2011, eight further theft counts involving just over €73,000, one deception count and five false accounting counts. All are alleged to have occurred between July 2011 and March 2013; Mullin denies them.

In closing, prosecutor Dominic McGinn told the jury the case came down to whether Mullin had acted dishonestly. He argued that Mullin was instrumental in taking money and said repayment did not resolve whether theft had occurred.

The Irish Times reported that the trial continued after the prosecution’s closing speech.