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Acquitted former Anglo exec seeking costs for original trial

Date
2018-11-29

Stage
Appeal

Primary locality
Enniskerry

County
Wicklow

Summary

Tiarnan O'Mahoney, 58, former Chief Operations Officer of Anglo Irish Bank, is seeking legal costs for his original 2015 trial and the retrial that led to his acquittal. In 2015 he was found guilty of furnishing false information and conspiring to defraud the Revenue and delete accounts linked to former CEO Seán Fitzpatrick. He successfully appealed in March 2016, arguing that many documents were wrongly admitted and that the false‑information charge was outside the ten‑year limitation. The Court of Appeal ordered a retrial, which Judge Martin Nolan directed to acquit O'Mahoney on all charges. The Court of Appeal had awarded costs for the successful appeal, but the issue now is whether O'Mahoney is entitled to costs for the original trial and retrial. The matter will be heard by Judge Martin Nolan next Monday. The case also involved former company secretary Bernard Daly, who was acquitted, and assistant manager Aoife Maguire, whose conviction remains.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Acquitted former Anglo exec seeking costs for original trial. Procedural stage: appeal

When:

March 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
November 2003 Hearing Or Sentence
2018-11-29 Publication

Why: Quashing Mr Daly's and Mr O'Mahoney's convictions in March 2016, Mr Justice George Birmingham said they "should not have had to stand trial" on the charge of furnishing false information because the proceedings were not commenced within the ten year time limit. CNI source report