Suspended sentence for woman who forged 51 prescriptions

A WOMAN with an addiction to sleeping tablets has been given a one-year suspended sentence for forging prescriptions, reports Eimear Dodd and David O’Sullivan.

Lynsey Ryan (39) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 51 counts of forging prescriptions at five pharmacies in west Dublin over a two-year period between August 2018 and August 2020.