Convicted judge admits new charge of false accounting

A former district court judge serving a prison sentence for deception will be sentenced in March after pleading guilty to a further charge of false accounting.

Heather Perrin, aged 61, is serving a two-and-half-year sentence for trying to defraud an elderly friend of half of his estate while he was a client of her solicitors firm.

Perrin appeared for arraignment before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday after her solicitor applied to the court for a production order from the Dóchas Centre on Thursday to allow her enter her guilty plea. A trial date scheduled for March has now been vacated.