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Bar manager avoids jail for stealing from employer after "series of personal tragedies"
Summary
A Carlow publican has received a two-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing €8,589 from his former employer at The Porterhouse Central on Nassau Street, Dublin. Brian O'Kane, aged 45 and of Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, admitted to taking between €50 and €60 nightly over a seven-month period from January to July 2015 by voiding till transactions and pocketing customer cash. The court heard O'Kane had experienced three family bereavements and a marriage breakdown preceding his offending. He disclosed he stole to fund alcohol consumption during this difficult period. Garda evidence outlined how stock discrepancies led to an investigation identifying O'Kane as responsible. Judge Gerard Griffin imposed the suspended sentence on three years, crediting O'Kane's early guilty plea, demonstrated remorse, and absence of prior convictions. The defendant has since repaid the full amount and begun working in a public house in Carlow.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Bar manager avoids jail for stealing from employer after "series of personal tragedies". Charges or matters: stealing €8,589 from David Morrissey at The Porterhouse Central, Nassau Street, Dublin on dates from January to July 2015. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- July 2015 Other
- 2018-02-19 Publication
Why: He said O'Kane had been taking amounts that seemed small but which added up because he was not dealing well with personal tragedies. CNI source report
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Defendant
Charges: stealing €8,589 from David Morrissey at The Porterhouse Central, Nassau Street, Dublin on dates from January to July 2015 (Alleged Or Contested)
Outcome: He suspended the sentence for three years, taking into consideration O'Kane's early guilty plea, genuine remorse and that he had not come to adverse garda attention before or since.
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