Solicitor to face fraud charges over bank draft

A LIMERICK-based solicitor is to face trial by a jury on a charge of alleged fraud, a court has heard.

Denis McMahon, 57, with an address at Pembroke road, Dublin appeared at Limerick District Court yesterday to face charges that in November 2002, at the offices of McMahon O’Brien Downes Solicitors, Henry Street, Limerick, he induced Margaret Duggan to give him a bank draft for €7,500 with the intention of making gain for himself or another, contrary to Section 6 of the Criminal Justice (theft and fraud) Act.

Detective Garda Margaret Nagle gave evidence of arresting and charging McMahon on September 1.