The solicitor asked the judge to note that the accused had solid employment and prospects and that 'this has given him an awful fright'
A fitness trainer and footballer, who let a "friend" use his bank account to con a woman out of €2,400 from a motorway toll scam, has avoided jail and was spared a criminal conviction.
Josh Stapleton, aged 20, of Elder Heath Close, Kiltipper, Dublin 24, who had been given football trials in Italy, pleaded guilty to money laundering after letting a friend use his bank account "as a favour". The judge heard that on April 15 last year, the woman reported to gardai that she received a text message on her mobile phone.
The court heard Stapleton had no prior criminal convictions. Since pleading guilty earlier, he had handed back €2,500 to the woman and participated in a restorative justice programme through the Probation Service.
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