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Ms Irwin, with an address given as c/o Holywell Hospital, also pleaded guilty to a further charge of fraud by false representation in that she ordered prescription medication from a GP “on the pretence that the medication was for the treatment of another, with intent to cause loss to the Northern Health and Social Services Trust.
When Irwin first appeared in court last November, a police officer said she was a suspect in a potential murder investigation following the death but police were awaiting the results of a post mortem examination. In court on Tuesday, defence counsel Stephen Law said he was “continuing to discuss matters” with the prosecution regarding the charge of forgery, submitting there is “some difficulty evidentially regarding the matter.”
He suggested reviewing the case this coming Monday and prosecuting counsel Michael Chambers agreed but further suggested that Judge Melody McReynolds fixes a trial date “lest we are unable to agree matters.”Listing the case for mention on September 23rd, Judge McReynolds fixed the potential trial for October 9th.