Woman faked her own death to avoid criminal court trial on theft and deception charges

Gardaí became aware in mid-2023 that McAuley was alive and began an investigation after discovering three death notices for McAuley on rip.ie

Amy McAuley, 35, of Connagh, Fethard-on-Sea, Co Wexford, previously pleaded guilty to one count of the use of a false instrument through submitting a false death notification form to Wexford County Council on January 19, 2023. Picture: Collins Courts

A woman who faked her own death in a “deliberate scheme” to avoid a Circuit Criminal Court trial has been jailed for three years.

Amy McAuley, 35, had been due to stand trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in January 2023 on theft and attempted deception charges, after she used altered documents to take out a €10,000 loan from KBC Bank in 2018, and later unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a second €5,000 loan.