A WOMAN who claimed more than €44,600 of her partner’s pension for four years after he died has been given a suspended three-and-a-half year sentence. A WOMAN who claimed more than €44,600 of her partner’s pension for four years after he died has been given a suspended three-and-a-half year sentence. Woman who claimed more than €44,600 of her partner's pension after his death avoids jailGeraldine Doyle (63) was nominated to collect the pension of her partner, who suffered from dementia and Parkinson’s disease, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard yesterday. However, when her partner died in 2012, his death was not registered and Doyle continued to collect his €200 weekly pension for a further four years. The crime came to light when a worker in the Department of Social Welfare noticed Mr Gunne’s death had not been registered until 2016.

Source: Irish Independent October 16, 2019 07:41 UTC