Home help caught on CCTV stealing cash from elderly Clare woman's handbag is fined

The home help's solicitor acknowledged that his client’s theft offence was 'a nasty thing to do and a breach of trust'

The court heard that the 82-year-old Co Clare woman's family "had become suspicious and placed cameras in her bedroom”.

CCTV installed by the family of a then 82-year-old Co Clare woman in her bedroom detected a home help stealing €100 from the woman’s wallet, a court has heard.

At Killaloe District Court sitting in Ennis, solicitor for Caoimhe Kelly (27), Daragh Hassett acknowledged that his client’s theft offence was “a nasty thing to do and a breach of trust”.