Actions of ex-banker ‘low, mean, and despicable’

Low, mean, and despicable was how a judge described the actions of a banker turned financial consultant who deceived friends and acquaintances of €145,000.

Actions of ex-banker ‘low, mean, and despicable’

John Hartnett, of Ballinvragnosig, Riverstick, Co Cork, said via his lawyer on Wednesday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that he was in dread of prison. He had been remanded in custody to spend two nights in jail.

Yesterday, he was given a three-year jail sentence, which was suspended by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin.

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