A struck-off solicitor described as a "devout Christian" has been jailed for three years for stealing €2.8m from former client accounts to fund investment properties and buy on the stock market.

A former solicitor described as a "devout Christian" stole €2.8m from client accounts in his family’s law firm and used the money to fund investment properties and buy stocks and shares.

A struck-off solicitor stole €1.6m that had been bequeathed to the Archbishop of Dublin so he could buy and renovate an investment property in Grand Canal Street.

A former solicitor is due to be sentenced today for stealing over €2.8m from client accounts.

A former solicitor will be sentenced in July on mulitple charges of theft of more than €2.8m from client accounts.