Accounts asistant defrauded employer to pay for wedding

An accounts assistant who defrauded his employer of over €14,000 to pay for his up-coming wedding has received a two years suspended sentence from Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Stuart Mortimer, aged 34, from Sittingbourne, Kent but living in Herbert Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow at the time of the offences, pleaded guilty to two counts of defrauding Softco Limited, in Leopardstown, between August 29, 2002 and August 21, 2003.