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Ex-rugby international guilty of stealing €500k from Bank of Ireland
Summary
Former rugby international Brendan Mullin, aged 61, was found guilty by a jury of 12 of 14 charges in a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial. He was accused of stealing more than €570,000 from Bank of Ireland Private Bank between 2011 and 2013, and of five false accounting offences. The jury returned not‑guilty verdicts on a deception charge involving a payment authorisation letter and on two charges relating to Beechwood Partners. Mullin denied all allegations. The trial, lasting three weeks, examined evidence of payments to McCann Fitzgerald, Beechwood, and Grant Thornton, and the transfer of €500,000 to Spice Holdings in the British Virgin Islands. The judge remanded Mullin on bail ahead of sentencing, ordered him to surrender his passport, and set a sentence date for 25 November. No further details of the sentence were provided in the article.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Ex-rugby international guilty of stealing €500k from Bank of Ireland. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- November 25 Adjournment
- April 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 2015 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
- June 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2011 and 2013 Other
- 2024-11-05 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Outcome: After the verdicts were handed down, defence counsel asked that Mullin be remanded on continuing bail ahead of sentence, saying he "wishes to spend as much time with his family as possible". Judge Nolan ruled that Mullin should be remanded on bail ahead of sentencing, with a sentence date fixed for November 25.; After the verdicts were handed down, defence counsel asked that Mullin be remanded on continuing bail ahead of sentence, saying he "wishes to spend as much time with his family as possible".
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