A son s cruel theft of €7,000 from his own mother s bank account left the 82-year-old a broken woman incapable of recovering from his betrayal - the pensioner s daughter told the Sunday World.
Pictures taken of victim Eileen O Keefe, 11 days before she realised her adopted son Martin Ginger O Keefe was stealing from her, show a happy confident woman enjoying her life.
But another, taken in hospital a month afterwards, reveals the terrible toll his betrayal exacted - daughter Jackie told this newspaper. What Martin did … it broke her, said Jackie. She went from being a happy, confident woman to someone who didn t want to eat or drink.