Carer pleads guilty over €18k theft from elderly couple

A WOMAN working as a carer for a 92-year-old man and his 89-year-old wife pleaded guilty yesterday to 16 sample charges related to the theft of more than €18,000 from the couple.

Maria Foley, aged 38, of 7 Cherry Tree Road, Togher, Cork, appeared at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on an indictment that included 44 counts of stealing cheques, 26 counts of forgery and six counts of obtaining cash by false pretences.

Foley pleaded guilty to 16 counts on an indictment which originally contained 76 counts.