'Greed got the better of me': Man paid over €13,000 in error spent money on gambling and toys

Judge said it was 'extraordinarily callous' of man to tell former employer that it was their own fault

John O'Sullivan, aged 47, of Bynre Avenue Prospect, Limerick City outside Limerick Circuit Criminal Court. Picture Brendan Gleeson

A judge told a Limerick man who “callously” took over €13,000 belonging to his former employer, after the money was erroneously transferred into his bank account by the firm, that he will avoid a two-year jail sentence if he pays it back in full and does not reoffend.

The defendant, John O’Sullivan, aged 47, of Byrne Avenue, Prospect, Limerick, said that when he discovered the €13,519.80 lump sum in his bank account, he felt like he had “won the lotto”, Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard.