Amy McAuley, a 35-year-old woman from Ireland, has been sentenced to three years in prison after faking her own death to avoid prosecution.

She was due to face trial in January 2023 for using forged documents to secure a €10,000 loan and attempting to obtain another €5,000 from KBC Bank.

To evade the charges, McAuley created a false death notice on RIP.ie and even contacted police pretending to be her sister, claiming she had died.

She also sent fake death notification forms to Wexford County Council, leading to two official death certificates being issued in her name.

Gardaí later discovered she was alive after spotting her on CCTV at a wedding in Enniscorthy in June 2023.

Investigators uncovered three separate fake death notices, including one stating she had died in France.

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