Gambling addict took €13k using forged cheques

A MAN with a gambling addiction who got access to the chequebook of a neighbouring farmer withdrew more than €13,000.

The accused wrote some cheques to himself and cashed them, the Circuit Court sitting in Tralee heard yesterday.

John Daly, aged 39, of Knocklebede, Kilcummin, Killarney, Co Kerry, pleaded guilty to 23 counts of using a false instrument — forged cheques — to draw a total of €13,445 between August 2008 and August 2009.