Fraud trial go-ahead for Catriona Carey and business partners

Businesswoman and former Ireland hockey international Catriona Carey has been sent forward for trial on money laundering charges.

The financial advisor appeared before Judge Treasa Kelly at Dublin District Court on Friday with co-defendants Paddy Maher, 57, and 47-year-old John Steadmond.

It follows a probe by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB), which received authorisation from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to charge the trio in December with multiple offences.

The DPP has directed “trial on indictment” at a higher level with broader sentencing powers.

After noting that books of evidence had been served on them in the courtroom, Judge Kelly granted return-for-trial orders.

She informed them that she was sending them forward to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, where the case will be listed for mention on March 20th.

They must notify gardaí if they plan on using alibi evidence, and the judge also directed gardaí to provide defence lawyers with copies of…