Three years for nurse who stole from employer

A nurse who stole over €8,500 from her 77-year-old employer has been sentenced to three years.

Rhoda Salunoy of Howth Hill Lodge, Thormanby Road, Howth pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to theft and using false instruments to steal from her elderly employer’s bank account between September 2 and 24, 2011.

She is currently serving a six month sentence for stealing €4,800 from St Michael’s House in Ballymun which cares for people with intellectual disabilities.

The court heard the Filipino woman has a gambling addiction which drove her need for cash.