Larne woman accused of fraud by abuse of position

Joanna Margaret McClelland (45), of Old Glenarm Road, was in the dock at Ballymena Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

The two charges relate to between 2012 and 2022.

The charges are that 'whilst occupying a position in which you were expected to safeguard, or not to act against, the financial interests of (a named male) dishonestly abused that position in that having opened a current account in the sole name of the said (male) with (a bank) you failed to operate the said account as trustee for the benefit of (the male), with the intention, by means of the abuse of that position to make a gain for yourself or another or to cause loss to (the male) or to expose (the male) to a risk of a loss'.

She was released on £500 bail and the case was adjourned to Antrim Crown Court for arraignment on October 9.