Woman who stole dead sister’s identity spared jail

A DUBLIN-born woman yesterday escaped a jail term for claiming €16,500 in welfare benefits in Britain under the name of a sister who was killed in a road accident.

Bridget Margaret Redmond, aged 50, who lives in England, claimed the handouts after hijacking the identity of her sister, Theresa Jackson, who died 35 years ago.

Theresa was just nine when she was struck by a car in Kilbarrin Road, Coolock, in July 1971. The family then lived in nearby Castlekevin Road.