Cork woman 'medically unfit to attend' her sentencing for deceiving man she met on dating site

Judge O’Kelly said this was not the first time that Catherine O’Brien’s 'medical condition has caused difficulties with this trial'

The court heard that Catherine O’Brien was in Cahercalla centre 'for rehabilitation'. File picture: Dan Linehan

The sentencing of Catherine O’Brien for deceiving a man she met on a dating website has been adjourned until the new year after the court was told she is in hospital.

The Buttevant woman, who has an address at An Grianan, Ballinroad, Dungarvan, Co Waterford, was due to be sentenced by Judge Eugene O’Kelly at Waterford Circuit Court on Wednesday after being found guilty on three counts of deception on July 16.