18-month jail sentence for post office fraudster

A 53-year-old woman whose life revolved around her post office job at Limerick GPO was jailed yesterday for 18 months for stealing from customer accounts after she did not get a promotion.

Many of the victims of Mary Patricia Kerin’s actions were elderly, some suffering from Alzheimers.

Kerin, of Vernon Crescent, Westbury, Corbally, pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to 12 counts of forgery and six counts of theft. She received a three-year jail term, with the final 18 months suspended.