Dublin woman jailed for 18 months over forged prescriptions

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Kym Dunleavy was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to using false medical prescriptions between November 2018 and April 2019. She had taken half a prescription pad from Beaumont Hospital and used it to make fake prescriptions for sleeping tablets.

Judge Orla Crowe said a headline sentence of two and a half years would have been appropriate, but imposed 18 months after taking mitigation into account. The court heard that Dunleavy’s son died while serving with the British Armed Forces. The judge also noted Dunleavy had no convictions since 2021 and no longer abused prescribed medication, but had not followed through on psychiatric referrals or properly engaged with probation.