Anglo conspiracy jury sent home in fraud trial

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The jury in the trial of four former bankers for conspiracy to defraud was sent home on 31 May 2016 and was due to continue deliberating the following day. The 11 jurors had deliberated for almost 33 hours over eight days in the longest-running criminal trial in State history. John Bowe, Willie McAteer, Denis Casey and Peter Fitzpatrick denied agreeing to mislead depositors, lenders and investors by making Anglo’s corporate deposits appear larger than they were.