Woman acquitted of theft

A woman has been found not guilty of the theft of over €102,000 from a retired chef’s bank account after a judge said the evidence was confused and inconclusive.

Sandra Doyle, aged 37, denied stealing the money from the AIB bank account of Fergus Brugha, aged 62, over the course of three years.

Ms Doyle of McCabe’s Villas, Booterstown, Dublin, and formerly of Meadowgate, Knockmullen, Gorey, Co Wexford, had pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 131 charges of theft at AIB Bank, Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin, between September 2008 and May 2010.