A WOMAN with 22 grandchildren who distracted an 80-year-old home owner while her accomplice stole handbags and cash from the premises has received a two-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Kathleen Cash (51) claimed she was distributing church leaflets so Sheila Garvey would open the door to her, letting the hidden teenage accomplice rush through to steal items.
Cash later admitted she had been at the house to commit an offence but claimed she had asked Ms Garvey for food and clothes, she denied she had mentioned church leaflets and denied that she had been there as a diversion so her accomplice could run inside.
Cash, Boot Road, Clondalkin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to burglary at Churchtown on December 6th, 2007. She has 35 previous convictions for mostly similar offences.