Fraudulent property procurement trial ends

By Claire Henry

A former solicitor has been found guilty of multiple counts relating to the fraudulent procurement of two Dublin City properties.

A jury at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court deliberated for four hours and 15 minutes before returning guilty verdicts on eight counts against Herbert Kilcline.

A co-accused Matthew Murphy was acquitted by the jury of the four charges he faced.

A third accused, Philip Marley, pleaded guilty to three counts during the trial.

Herbert Kilcline, (62), a former solicitor with an address at Bessborough Parade, Rathmines, Dublin, was found guilty of a total of eight counts, which included failing to apply the required measures as a designated person, using a false instrument and fraudulent procurement of entry to the land registry between September 2016 and June 2018.

Matthew Murphy, (52), with an address at The Hardwick, Brunswick Street, Dublin 7, was found not guilty of four counts, including money laundering, theft, and failing to keep records between April 2017 and April 2018.

Two of the not guilty counts were by the direction of the trial judge.

Philip Marley (53) of Rathbourne Court, Ashtown, Dublin, pleaded guilty to three counts, which included procuring the registration of a false deed, fraudulent procurement of an entry into the land registry and deception.

All counts relate to two properties, one located on Phibsborough Road and the other on St Marys Road.

Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin thanked the jury for their diligence throughout the trial and excused them from jury duty for the next five years.

She set a sentencing date of December 9 of this year for both Kilcline and Marley.

Both men were remanded on continuing bail to the sentence date, when full facts will be heard.