By Isabel Hayes
A man and woman who were due to be sentenced over a student accommodation fraud in south Dublin have failed to show up to court.
Michael Ward (33) and Melissa Collins (26) were listed to appear before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today but the court heard they did not appear.
Judge Martin Nolan issued a bench warrant for their arrest.
Ward, of Moyne Park, Moyne Road, Baldoyle, previously pleaded guilty to one count of stealing €1,800 from a bank account on a date between September 9, 2022 and September 18, 2022 in an unknown location within the State.
Collins, of Cherryfield Walk, Hartstown, pleaded guilty to one count of stealing €600 from a bank account on an unknown location within the State on July 27, 2022.
The District Court previously heard that the case involves accommodation fraud against a number of international students in south Dublin.