Woman jailed for stealing €270,000 from solicitors firm she worked for loses sentence appeal

A woman jailed for stealing more than €270,000 from a firm of solicitors she worked for has lost an appeal against sentence, with the Court of Appeal viewing her 18-month jail term as “lenient”.

Woman jailed for stealing €270,000 from solicitors firm she worked for loses sentence appeal

A woman jailed for stealing more than €270,000 from a firm of solicitors she worked for has lost an appeal against sentence, with the Court of Appeal viewing her 18-month jail term as “lenient”.

Donna Magee (47), with an address in Holyfields, Dungannon, Co Tyrone, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to stealing in excess of €270,000 from her then employers, O'Mara Geraghty McCourt Solicitors.

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