A former judge has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for attempting to deceive her elderly friend out of half of his estate while he was a client of her solicitors firm.

Heather Perrin will be entitled to a judicial pension, despite her conviction and jail sentence.

Thomas and Ada Davis decided to make their wills with Heather Perrin before she was officially made a judge.

Disgraced former judge Heather Perrin will be entitled to collect a pension from her time on the bench.

A former District Court judge has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison today after being convicted of deception.

A court has heard ex-District Court judge Heather Perrin is recovering from a life-threatening soft tissue infection in her leg.

A judge found guilty of attempting to deceive an elderly friend out of half his estate is to resign.

A judge found guilty of attempting to deceive an elderly friend out of half his estate is to resign.

A district court judge has been convicted of attempting to deceive her elderly friend out of half of his estate while he was a client of her solicitors’ firm.

A District Court judge has been convicted of attempting to deceive her elderly friend out of half of his estate while he was a client of her solicitors firm.

District Court judge Heather Perrin has been convicted of deceiving a friend into bequeathing half his estate to her children.

The jury has been sent home overnight having failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a District Court judge accused of deception.

The former secretary of a district court judge accused of trying to dupe a friend out of half his estate has denied being told what to say by the accused.

A legal secretary has denied being told what to say by her former solicitor boss, now a District Court judge, who is on trial for deception.

The defence has begun calling evidence in the trial of a District Court Judge accused of deceiving an elderly man.

A jury has heard today that a District Court judge Heather Perrin was visibly upset when gardaí informed her last July that she was to be charged with deception.

A jury has heard a District Court judge absolutely denied to gardai that she had deceived a pensioner into leaving half his estate to her children.

The trial of a District Court judge accused of attempting to deceive an elderly man out of half his estate has heard that the alleged victim is not suffering from any memory problems.

A District Court judge accused of attempting to deceive her friend out of half his estate initially claimed it was a mistake by her secretary, a court has heard.

The alleged victim of a district court judge accused of deception has said he never consented to leaving half of his estate to her children

An elderly man who was allegedly deceived by his solicitor into leaving half his estate to her children is being cross examined before a jury.

A district court judge has gone on trial accused of trying to deceive an elderly man into leaving half his estate to her children.

A District Court judge has gone on trial accused of deceiving an elderly man into bequeathing half of his estate to her children.

A jury in the trial of a former solicitor accused of deception have been discharged because of a legal issue.

A former solicitor has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in relation to alleged deception.

A District Court judge claimed she was not guilty today when charged by fraud squad detectives with false accounting and theft.

A district court judge is to stand trial next November for allegedly deceiving an elderly couple into putting her children into their will.

A garda and HSE probe is underway into the circumstances in which 23 non-nationals including two pregnant 15-year-old girls are allegedly sharing a house in west Dublin, a court has heard today.

A 16-year-old boy, who threatened to wreck a woman's home, believing she had his dogs impounded by the council, has been ordered to write a letter of apology and remanded on continuing bail pending sentence.

A 14-year-old boy has been remanded on continuing bail pending sentence for threatening to burn down a woman's home after she complained that youths from a Health Service Executive care centre attacked her son.

THE HSE has been criticised for “using” a young person’s criminal charges as a way of excluding them from accessing special care units where teenagers are detained for their own safety and protection.

A youth who nearly ran over three children while doing 80kph on a scrambler motorcycle has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

A young woman, who helped pin a Chinese student against railings as he was set on by a gang of youths and head-butted, has been spared a custodial sentence.

The case of a Dublin youth, who was charged with witness intimidation, was adjourned today at the Children's Court pending directions from the DPP.

A 17-year-old boy who believed that drink spiked with drugs resulted in his taking part in a mini crime wave, has been further remanded on bail pending sentencing.

A 17-year-old boy who wielded a sledgehammer at gardaí during a feud-related mini riot, has been remanded on continuing bail pending sentence at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A 16-year-old boy has been spared a custodial sentence and was placed on probation for nine months for taking part in a gang mugging with a group of girls.