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A MAN AND woman have pleaded guilty to theft in relation to an alleged accommodation fraud in south Dublin.
Michael Ward (33) and Melissa Collins (26) appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today where their case was listed for trial.
Prosecuting counsel told the court that an agreement had been reached in which the pair would enter guilty pleas which were acceptable to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Ward, of Moyne Park, Moyne Road, Baldoyle, pleaded guilty to one count of stealing €1,800 from a bank account on a date between September 9, 2022 and September 18, 2022 in an unknown location within the State.
Collins, of Cherryfield Walk, Hartstown, pleaded guilty to one count of stealing €600 from a bank account on an unknown location within the State on July 27, 2022.
The District Court previously heard that the case involves accommodation fraud against a number of international students in south Dublin.
A sentence date of November 24 was set, when the full facts of the case are expected to be heard
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