On-the-run con woman who fled UK trial tells bail hearing she is not a flight risk

Farah Damji fled to Ireland during her UK trial in which she was convicted in her absence of twice breaching a restraining order

Mr Justice Hunt will decide on the bail application on Thursday. File picture

A notorious on-the-run con woman, who is the daughter of a wealthy property tycoon and who is wanted in the UK for fleeing a trial, has told her High Court bail hearing that she is not a flight risk.

Farah Damji (aged 54), with an address at Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin 1, appeared before Mr Justice Tony Hunt today and is applying for bail in Ireland while she awaits the hearing of extradition proceedings brought against her by the UK.