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Ex-rugby international goes on trial accused of stealing €500k from BOI

Summary

A former Irish rugby international, Brendan Mullin, aged 60, appeared before the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 8 October 2024. He pleaded not guilty to 15 charges, including one count of stealing €500,000 from Bank of Ireland Private Bank on 16 December 2011 and eight other counts of theft of various amounts between July 2011 and March 2013. Mullin also pleaded not guilty to one count of deception and five counts of furnishing false or misleading information to the bank to authorise payment of invoices. The alleged offences all took place at the bank's Mespil Road premises. Judge Patricia Ryan empanelled the jury, instructing that no one connected with the bank should serve and warning against independent investigations. The trial, to be presided over by Judge Martin Nolan, is scheduled to last four to five weeks, with the jury being sent home until Friday at the earliest to allow other matters to be dealt with.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Ex-rugby international goes on trial accused of stealing €500k from BOI. Charges or matters: 15 charges against him; one count of stealing €500,000 from Bank of Ireland Private Bank, Mespil Road, Dublin 4 on December 16, 2011 along with eight other counts of stealing various amounts of money from the bank on different dates; one count of deception and five counts of furnishing information to Bank of Ireland Private Bank authorising payment of invoices while knowing or believing them to be false, misleading or deceptive. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• December 16, 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
• July 2011 Other
• March 2013 Other
• 2024-10-08 Publication

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Topics

Fraud Stage Trial Theft

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