Civil servant stole €35k in court fines

A civil servant who, while working as an administrative officer with the court service, embezzled over €35,000 that was to be paid against fines, has been sentenced to a year in prison.

Jonathan Gilmore, aged 42, stole cash paid by people to offset fines issued against them. He would then use cash from a later fine to pay off the original fine.

Gilmore, of Rowman House, Mespil Rd, came forward to Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on signed pleas of guilty from the District Court in relation to 50 charges of theft on dates from September 6, 2010, to August 20, 2012.