Single mum on benefits spends £22,000 in two-week spree after accidentally being paid cash into her bank account

A SINGLE mum went on a two-week spree spending £22,000 after the money was paid to her bank account by mistake. Margaret McDonnell, 23, who was on benefits, was left stunned when the whopping amount of £43,750 was deposited into her account. CourtpixMcDonnell went on a two-week shopping spree[/caption] CourtpixThe single mum was accidentally sent £43,000 into her account[/caption] The woman went on a “massive spending spree” buying clothes and shoes for her two children as well as dinner and gifts for her friends and family the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. McDonnell received a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to 13 counts of theft of cash from the Bank of Ireland in March 2013.  After she found the cash in her account, McDonnell ate out every night for two weeks and bought gifts including two crystal vases and a “crystal mushroom lamp,” the Irish Mirror reported at the time. McDonnell was ordered to pay just £860 back to the bank within 18 months. READ MORE ON WORLD NEWS MAD VLAD Russian officials call for Putin to be removed as despot sees 'significant' losses GROUNDED Inside plane 'boneyards' where millionaires dump £36m jets & military aircraft rot Judge Cormac Quinn said at the time: “If it’s too good to be true it is because it is too good to be true.” The blunder happened when a Bank of Ireland customer was accidentally given a wrong IBAN number as he tried to transfer £44,450 into his account from a foreign bank account The man was given McDonnell’s bank account details by mistake with the money dropping into her account on March 6. The single mum went on a spending spree over the next days in Dunnes Stores, Tesco, Heatons, Centra, Lifestyle Sports, Shoe Rack and New Look. Most read in The Sun IN RESPECT Five major supermarkets to close for up to four hours for Queen's funeral 'The guy never ages' This Morning fans stunned as Corrie legend Bill Roache reveals his age BILL HELP How one million Shell Energy customers will be paid £400 energy bill rebate CASH IN Cost of living direct payment worth £150 to hit bank accounts next WEEK PATCHING IT UP? Harry offers olive branch to Charles after Megxit feud with telling message DAY OF MOURNING Queen's funeral Bank Holiday rules - will we have to go to work and school? Once the bank realised the mixup, it took back £23,000. After her arrest, the mum accepted full responsibility for spending the money and told officers she thought it was hers. She said: “I just went on a high. It was such a lot of money. It was in my account so as far as I was concerned it was mine”. She continued: “If only you knew me, you would know I was bothered by this. “Any young girl on social welfare like me would have done what I did.” Meanwhile, a woman was left stunned when £31 million was transferred into her bank account by mistake. Read More on The Sun CASH BOOST Scottish Power customers to get £400 rebate direct into bank accounts KNOT KIDDING I started selling bracelets from my lounge floor - I turned over £250k year 2 A couple splurged cash on cars, quad bikes and friends after $120,000 was paid into their account by mistake. And a man had almost £50 billion deposited into his bank account by mistake.