Concerns over 'lawfulness' of Catherine O'Brien's detention as she misses sentencing again

The doctor who had signed a cert for the court saying that she was medically unfit had been a doctor at Limerick Prison — rather than from her treating physician at the hospital, the court heard

Catherine O’Brien (pictured) 'knows full well' about applying for judicial reviews to have convictions set aside when the defendant was absent from court, the judge said. File picture: Dan Linehan

Sentencing of convicted fraudster Catherine O’Brien was adjourned on Wednesday until January as the court heard that she was “medically unfit” to attend.

O’Brien was found guilty in July of inducing a man she met on a dating site to invest more than €20,000 in a racehorse.