Cahir O’Higgins jailed for theft and perverting justice

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Cahir O’Higgins was sentenced to 27 months in prison for theft and attempting to pervert the course of justice at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 25 November 2024. The offences concerned €400 taken from a client and notes later provided to gardaí.

The sentence was backdated to 21 October and will run concurrently with a sentence he is already serving for assaulting another solicitor.

The jury had found O’Higgins guilty of one theft charge and four charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice. He had denied all five charges.