Former bookkeeper who stole €74,000 given three-year suspended sentence

A former bookkeeper for Lisavaird Co-Op who admitted stealing over €74,000 in a four-year period has been given a three-year suspended sentence as it was confirmed that she had paid back the money in full.

Melissa Harte, 43, of Frehanes, Roscarbery, County Cork, was arraigned today at Cork Circuit Criminal Court and she pleaded guilty to 10 sample counts on the indictment. Those sample charges referred to the dishonest appropriation of cash sums from €220 to €1,750 from Lisavaird Co-Op in Clonakilty on various dates from late 2013 until late 2017.