Father stole €25,000 from his sick child’s fundraising event

A man who stole approximately €25,000 from a fundraising event set up to help his sick child has been handed a suspended sentence.

The 43-year-old pleaded guilty to theft on a date between January and June 2020. He is not being named to protect the child’s identity.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the man organised a charity sports event to raise money for his young child, who was being treated for childhood cancer.

The girl’s mother, who was not involved with the fundraising, told the gardaí that the man had said in December 2019 that he’d organise the event.

An investigating garda told Patrick Jackson BL, prosecuting, that the man handled the money. Most of the money raised from the event was cash, and the total amount raised has been difficult to ascertain, he said.

The court was told that the amount raised was estimated to be around €25,000, which the man then stole.

The defendant made payments totalling €9,400 to the child’s mother in cash and by bank…

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