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Thief previously given suspended sentence gets jail for lodging bad cheques
Summary
Karim Haddouche, aged 49, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for stealing nearly €45,000 from Ulster Bank by lodging cheques that he knew would not clear. He had previously received a three‑year suspended sentence in July 2019 for stealing €15,000 from the same bank in January 2017. The €45,000 theft occurred between November 2016 and January 2017, and Haddouche was arrested on the new charges in October 2018. Judge Martin Nolan, who had imposed the suspended sentence earlier, said he would not have given a suspended sentence had he known about the additional theft. Haddouche pleaded guilty to three counts of stealing cash and three counts of deception. He has 16 prior convictions, all related to Ulster Bank thefts. The court noted that Haddouche had been a gambler who travelled to Ukraine for casinos and that he was a chef from Algeria whose father had recently died.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Thief previously given suspended sentence gets jail for lodging bad cheques. Charges or matters: three counts of stealing cash and three counts of deception at Ulster Bank, Camden Street between November 23, 2016 and January 11, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- January 2017 Incident
- November 2016 Incident
- November 23, 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 11, 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2020-07-27 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: three counts of stealing cash and three counts of deception at Ulster Bank, Camden Street between November 23, 2016 and January 11, 2017 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Karim Haddouche (49) was last year given a three-year suspended sentence in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing €15,000 from the same bank in January 2017. Judge Martin Nolan, who sentenced Haddouche last July, said he did not believe he would have handed down a suspended sentence if he had known about the additional €45,000 theft. "I think if I had heard the matters together, I wouldn't have dealt with it by way of of a suspended sentence," he told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today "He stole to feed his gambling habit," the judge said, handing down an 18-month sentence.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Victoria Street
- Dublin
- Camden Street
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