Nikki Hayes, real name Eimear Black O’Keeffe, pleaded guilty to possessing €10,000 as proceeds of crime
Nikki Hayes , real name Eimear Black O’Keeffe, of The Way, Hunter’s Run, Clonee, Dublin 15, pleaded guilty to possessing €10,000 as the proceeds of crime in a Permanent TSB bank account within the State on November 5th, 2020.
Judge Baxter adjourned the matter for finalisation until November 10 and remanded O’Keeffe on continuing bail. Three sums of €2,600, €2,400 and €10,000, totalling €15,000, were then withdrawn from the man’s account and went into O’Keeffe’s account, the court heard. O’Keeffe was arrested and interviewed the following March and co-operated fully with gardaí, the court heard.
Counsel said O’Keeffe had struggled with her mental health for many years, had been misdiagnosed and had not been compliant with her medication at the time of the offence. O’Keeffe told gardaí she was not the person who had withdrawn the sums of money from ATMs in Liffey Valley.