DPP decides against taking financial services manager to trial for a third time

The first trial of Ciara Kelleher took place two years ago, and the second trial finished a month ago

Ciara Kelleher was accused of one count of conspiring with others to defraud investors, clients, and customers of Custom House Capital Ltd (CHC) by intentionally misleading them as to where or how their assets had been placed in the investment firm. File picture

The Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to run a third trial against a financial services manager accused of being part of an alleged conspiracy to defraud investors in Custom House Capital over a decade ago.

Two juries failed to reach a verdict in the case of Ciara Kelleher (aged 53), the firm's then-senior portfolio relationship manager.