Anglo executives face fraud trial as jury sent home

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Denis Casey, John Bowe, Willie McAteer and Peter Fitzpatrick faced a fraud trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, with the jury sent home after deliberations, as reported on 19 May 2016.

The four former Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Life & Permanent executives had pleaded not guilty to conspiring to mislead investors through a €7.2 billion circular transaction scheme in 2008.

Judge Martin Nolan told jurors to return on Friday after they had deliberated for eight and a half hours.