Gareth White gets suspended sentence for false instruments

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Gareth White received a fully suspended 2½-year prison sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Judge Karen O’Connor imposed the sentence on 9 February 2018.

White pleaded guilty to five counts of using a false instrument to secure credit-union loans on dates in 2016 and to using a false instrument to buy seven phones for a non-existent business from Three Ireland on 13 August 2015. The proceedings were reported on 9 February 2018.

The judge suspended the sentence on condition that White engage with the Probation Service for 12 months. He was also ordered to abstain from gambling, stay away from bookmakers and other gambling establishments, and engage with Gamblers Anonymous.

The court heard that €908 remained outstanding to Rathfarnham and Dalkey Credit Unions.