Charges follow investigation into alleged crime perpetrated on international students seeking living quarters in south Dublin
The judge was told the book of evidence was ready to be served on the two accused. File photograph: Getty ImagesA man and a woman are due before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court later this month on charges of theft of some €15,000 in connection with an alleged accommodation fraud in south Dublin.
Michael Ward, aged in his early 30s and with an address at 1 Moyne Park, Moyne Road, Baldoyle, Dublin 13, and Melissa Collins, aged in her mid-20s, of 21 Cherryfield Walk, Hartstown, Dublin 15, attended at Dún Laoghaire District Court on Tuesday. Judge Ann Watkins was told the book of evidence was ready to be served on the two accused. The book, served on both accused in court by a solicitor for the Director of Public Prosecutions, was compiled following an investigation into the alleged accommodation fraud by Det Garda Steven Dunican and other gardaí in Blackrock Garda station.