Donna Magee jailed for stealing €270,000 from solicitors firm

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Donna Magee was sentenced to three years, with the final 18 months suspended, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 31 March 2017 for stealing €270,000 from a solicitors firm.

Magee, a financial controller, pleaded guilty to taking more than €270,000 from O'Mara Geraghty McCourt Solicitors in Dublin through transfers into her own account. The court heard that €173,000 was recovered, leaving approximately €100,000 outstanding.

The sentence meant Magee was jailed for 18 months after Judge Martin Nolan refused a request to delay its commencement so she could make arrangements for her daughter.