Crime trail ended in death for fraudster and partner

Julia Holmes moved to Co Limerick in 2012 after making contact with Thomas Ruttle on the internet.

In his innocence, he was not to know of the trail of fraud and criminality she had left behind in Canada, Texas, and Australia after leaving Northern Ireland.

Over a 20-year period, she had used up to 40 aliases and, at the time of her death, the PSNI had secured an arrest warrant for her.