Casino gambling addict jumped bail on €37k social welfare fraud charges

Justyna Jozwiak previously pleaded guilty to multiple charges of claiming social welfare payments of €37k to which she was not entitled in respect of paying rent on a house

The accused was heavily addicted to gambling in casinos, court told

A casino gambling addict who jumped bail instead of turning up to be sentenced for a €37,500 social welfare fraud was arrested in Mallow on a bench warrant.

Garda Jesse McCormack arrested 40-year-old Justyna Jozwiak of Convent Road, Doneraile, Co Cork, in Mallow, Co Cork, in the early hours of Wednesday November 3 and he brought her before Judge Helen Boyle at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.