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Judge tells Anglo jury she doesn't know when trial will start in evidence

Summary

In a trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick, aged 66, pleaded not guilty to 27 offences under the Companies Act, 1990, including 21 charges of making misleading statements to auditors and six charges of furnishing false information. The charges relate to alleged loans from Irish Nationwide Building Society between 2002 and 2007 that FitzPatrick failed to disclose to Anglo's auditors, Ernst and Young, and to arrangements that would reduce the apparent balance of those loans at the end of the bank's financial year. The trial, which began legal argument on 16 April, was scheduled to run for six weeks until 28 May, but Judge Mary Ellen Ring announced that the opening of the trial in evidence would be delayed and that the trial would now extend into June. She asked jurors to consider their availability and offered to arrange correspondence for those with difficulties.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Judge tells Anglo jury she doesn't know when trial will start in evidence. Charges or matters: 27 offences under the Companies Act, 1990. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• April 14 Hearing Or Sentence
• May 28 Hearing Or Sentence
• April 16 Hearing Or Sentence
• 2002 to 2007 Other
• 2015-05-05 Publication

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