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"Mother's love for a son" led woman to obtain loans using fake license
Summary
Patricia Donoghue, 61, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to forging a driver's licence to open an AIB account in 2007 and to taking out loans under a false name to buy cars in 2009 and 2011. She used the forged licence in the name of Anne Marie Kearney, a real person who had left Ireland in the early 1980s, and also attempted to insure a car in the name of Leon Rossiter with another fake licence. Donoghue paid off the €8,250 loan in full and was making payments on the €15,000 loan when arrested. She was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, suspended for two years on the condition of good behaviour. The court noted her early plea, cooperation, good character, poor health and the seriousness of the offence as mitigating and aggravating factors respectively.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: "Mother's love for a son" led woman to obtain loans using fake license. Charges or matters: using a false driver's licence to open a bank account with AIB in 2007 and taking out loans under a false name to purchase cars in 2009 and 2011. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 15, 2011 Incident
- 2009 and 2011 Other
- 2018-11-26 Publication
Why: He discovered that Donoghue had used a false driver's licence in that name to open a bank account with AIB in July of 2007 and that she had taken out a loan of €15,000 on February 15, 2011 in order to purchase a car. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: using a false driver's licence to open a bank account with AIB in 2007 and taking out loans under a false name to purchase cars in 2009 and 2011 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Elma Sheahan sentenced Donoghue to two years imprisonment but suspended the entirety of the sentence for two years on the condition that she keep the peace and be of good behaviour.
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