Former 2FM DJ was 'genuinely vulnerable', garda tells money-laundering trial

The court heard that Nikki Hayes did not benefit materially in any way from the offence

The court heard Nikki Hayes, real name Eimear Black O’Keeffe, was belatedly diagnosed with bipolar and borderline personality disorder and had been “preyed upon” by others operating a sophisticated money-laundering scam. File picture: Collins Courts

A former radio DJ who had €15,000 lodged into her bank account as part of a money-laundering scam was described by a garda as “genuinely vulnerable”, a court has heard.

Nikki Hayes (44), real name Eimear Black O’Keeffe, of The Way, Hunter’s Run, Clonee, Dublin 15, pleaded guilty to possessing €10,000 as the proceeds of crime in a Permanent TSB bank account within the State on November 5, 2020.