Carol Hawkins' theft conviction upheld on appeal

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Carol Hawkins had her conviction for stealing €2.8 million upheld by the Court of Criminal Appeal in a judgment delivered on 29 October 2014.

She had been convicted in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of 181 counts involving stolen cheques between 2006 and 2008, and sentenced to seven years in prison.

The appeal challenged disclosure, witness exclusion, production orders, evidence rulings and the sufficiency of the prosecution case. The court rejected those grounds and found there was sufficient evidence for the jury to convict.