CHC trail-jury sent home for weekend

By Eimear Dodd

The jury in a trial of a former financial services manager accused of being part of an alleged conspiracy to defraud investors in Custom House Capital has been sent home for the weekend.

Judge Orla Crowe sent the jurors in the trial of Ciara Kelleher home for the night yesterday after four hours of deliberations.

They will return on Monday morning.

The jury has been out since before lunchtime on Thursday, February 23.

Kelleher (51) of Blackhorse Ave, Dublin 7, has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiring with others to defraud investors, clients, and customers of Custom House Capital (CHC) Ltd. by intentionally misleading them as to where or how their assets had been placed in the investment firm.

The offences are alleged to have happened within the State on dates between October 2008 and July 2011.

It is the State’s case that Ms Kelleher was a part of a conspiracy to hide the true location of some CHC client money, by issuing valuations which were incorrect.

Ms Kelleher denies any wrongdoing.

The trial continues.