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Pair charged with using crime cash for house deposit
Summary
In a Special Criminal Court hearing on 15 April 2021, a Dublin man, James Walsh, aged 37, and his former partner, Lisa O'Hara, aged 32, were charged with 44 money‑laundering offences under Section 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2010. The charges cover the period 1 January 2015 to 28 February 2017 and involve amounts up to €62,000. They include concealing or disguising the source of cash used to pay a house deposit on Wheatfield Avenue, Clondalkin, and the conversion, transfer, and use of money credited to a Bank of Ireland account and a Palmerstown Credit Union account. Walsh is also charged with hiding €19,000 in a wardrobe on 24 January 2017. Both were served with books of evidence; O'Hara was remanded in custody until 27 May with a €10,000 bail bond and conditions, while Walsh was remanded to the same date. The judge awaited the defendants' decision on a trial date.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Pair charged with using crime cash for house deposit. Charges or matters: 24 non-scheduled offences and O'Hara is charged with 20 non-scheduled offences; concealing the location of cash to the value of €19,000 within a wardrobe at Wheatfield Avenue, Clondlakin, Dublin 22 on January 24, 2017, knowing or believing or being reckless as to whether the property was the proceeds of criminal conduct. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- 1 January Incident
- 28 February Incident
- June 1 2016 Incident
- January 31 2017 Incident
- January 1, 2015 Incident
- December 31, 2015 Incident
- June 1, 2016 Incident
- January 31, 2017 Incident
- January 24, 2017 Incident
- May 27 Adjournment
- 2021-04-15 Publication
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: 24 non-scheduled offences and O'Hara is charged with 20 non-scheduled offences; concealing the location of cash to the value of €19,000 within a wardrobe at Wheatfield Avenue, Clondlakin, Dublin 22 on January 24, 2017, knowing or believing or being reckless as to whether the property was the proceeds of criminal conduct (Alleged Or Contested)
Outcome: O'Hara was remanded in custody until May 27 with consent to bail on her own bond of €10,000 and subject to a number of conditions, including the requirement to provide a phone number to gardai at which she can be contacted and to surrender her passport nor to apply for further travel documents.
Accused
Charges: 24 non-scheduled offences and O'Hara is charged with 20 non-scheduled offences; concealing the location of cash to the value of €19,000 within a wardrobe at Wheatfield Avenue, Clondlakin, Dublin 22 on January 24, 2017, knowing or believing or being reckless as to whether the property was the proceeds of criminal conduct (Alleged Or Contested)
Outcome: O'Hara was remanded in custody until May 27 with consent to bail on her own bond of €10,000 and subject to a number of conditions, including the requirement to provide a phone number to gardai at which she can be contacted and to surrender her passport nor to apply for further travel documents.
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- Wheatfield Avenue
- Dublin
- Palmerstown Credit Union
- Wheatfield Avenue
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