Ex-Adam Clayton PA ‘needs new identity’

Adam Clayton’s former personal assistant Carol Hawkins will have to change her identity because she will be forever known for stealing from the U2 musician, the Court of Criminal Appeal heard yesterday.

The Appeal Court yesterday dismissed Ms Hawkins’ appeal against her conviction for theft from the U2 bass guitarist. The court is expected to rule in the next few days on her appeal against the severity of the seven-year sentence imposed on her by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in July 2012.

Hawkins, 51, originally from North London but with a last address at Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin was convicted of 181 counts of theft from two of Mr Clayton’s Bank of Ireland accounts over a four-year period from 2004 to 2008.