West Cork pharmacist pleads guilty to €70k fraud

A West Cork pharmacist pleaded guilty to 20 sample counts from a 174-count indictment of fraud involving sums totalling more than €70,000 over several years.

Christine Crowley, aged 72, from Main St, Drimoleague, Co Cork, was arraigned at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday in relation to the offences at Kerr’s pharmacy on Main St, Dunmanway, Co Cork.

The case would have taken approximately five weeks or more had it gone to hearing.