Man admits embezzling €200,000 to feed gambling habit

A man who embezzled over €200,000 from his employer to place bets at Paddy Power bookmakers has been remanded on bail for sentence on July 29 by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Bernard Norton, aged 30, of St. Dominic's Avenue, Tallaght, pleaded guilty to 11 sample counts of fraud, forgery and embezzlement to the total value of €204,849.29 from private loan company GE Woodchester, between August 2001 and May 2002.