Carol Clarke's welfare fraud case adjourned for report

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Carol Clarke’s €104,431 welfare fraud case was adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 8 May 2017.

Clarke pleaded guilty to two theft counts involving welfare payments claimed through Phibsborough post office between February 1994 and July 2011.

The judge adjourned the matter until July for a probation report after noting the offence was premeditated and lengthy.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.