Solicitor jailed for stealing €260k from clients has prison sentence halved on appeal
A former solicitor from Castlebar, County Mayo, has had her prison sentence reduced from twelve to six months following a successful appeal. Jacqueline Durcan, aged 47, had pleaded guilty to stealing €260,000 from clients between February 2008 and January 2011 while operating Durcan Solicitors as a sole practitioner. She was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in December 2016. The Court of Appeal found the…
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