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Widow of Console founder to stand trial next year

Summary

Patricia Kelly, 61, widow of the late Paul Kelly, former chief executive of the suicide‑prevention charity Console, has been given a trial date of 11 January 2024 by Justice Patricia Ryan at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. She faces two counts of fraudulent trading and one count of money laundering. The first fraudulent trading charge covers the period from 6 December 2006 to 31 May 2015, alleging that she knowingly participated in running Console Suicide Bereavement Counselling Ltd for a fraudulent purpose, misusing the company's property that was meant for its charitable objectives. The second fraudulent trading charge concerns 1 June 2015 to 14 July 2016, alleging the same wrongdoing. The money‑laundering charge covers 1 September 2010 to 1 July 2016, alleging that she concealed the true nature, source, location, disposition, movement or ownership of property of Console Ltd or acted recklessly about whether that property was the proceeds of criminal conduct.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Widow of Console founder to stand trial next year. Procedural stage: charge_or_pretrial

When:

• December 2006 Other
• July 2016 Other
• December 6, 2006 Other
• May 31, 2015 Other
• June 1, 2015 Other
• July 14, 2016 Other
• September 1, 2010 Other
• July 1, 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
• January 11, 2024 Adjournment
• 2023-01-16 Publication

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Topics

Fraud Stage Charge Or Pretrial

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Read the original CNI report