Bench warrant issued for 'unluckiest woman in Ireland'
A bench warrant has been issued for “the unluckiest woman in Ireland” after she left Dublin Circuit Criminal Court just before she was due to be sentenced by Judge Tony Hunt.
Wicklow mother Sonia Kennedy (aged 26) acted as “a look-out” for her ex-boyfriend when he stole over €40,000 worth of designer items from a Dun Laoghaire boutique three years ago.
Judge Hunt noted that Kennedy, of Coiscairne, Old Connaught Avenue, Bray, had been late for every court appearance before him for a variety of reasons.
He adjourned the case for some time this/yesterday morning after hearing from Ms Lily Buckley BL, defending, that Kennedy had been in court but had left and not returned after telling her solicitor she was going to the toilet.
Judge Hunt said he would give “the unluckiest woman in Ireland” some time to return to court in case she had been “overcome by an accident”. He issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Kennedy later in the morning.
Kennedy pleaded guilty last year to her role in the theft from Seagreen, Monkstown Crescent on April 22, 2007.
Kennedy was caught on CCTV aiding the thief while he stole jewellary, sunglasses and jeans, valued at €42,000.
Detective Garda Daniel Treacy told prosecution counsel, Mr Damien Colgon BL, that gardaí recovered €7,000 worth of the stolen goods from a derelict house at George’s Place, Dun Laoghaire where the mother-of-three claimed she had been squatting with her boyfriend.
He said gardaí identified Kennedy as a suspect from her “distinctive jacket” on CCTV footage, received from the shop owner after she’d been alerted to the break-in by her store’s security firm.
