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Jury in trial of former Anglo chairman told to return in June as legal argument continues
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 21 May 2015, Judge Mary Ellen Ring informed the jury of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick that legal arguments were still ongoing and that the jury would need to return on 2 June to resume the trial. The judge had previously excused the jury foreman due to work difficulties and had also addressed an unemployed juror whose job prospects were affected by the trial's delays. The trial, which began legal argument on 16 April, has been repeatedly adjourned, with the opening of evidence postponed four times. FitzPatrick, aged 66, pleaded not guilty to 27 offences under the Companies Act, including 21 counts of misleading auditors and six counts of furnishing false information, relating to alleged loans from Irish Nationwide Building Society between 2002 and 2007. The jury, composed of six men and six women, was empanelled on 14 April and has been notified of the delays by telephone.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Jury in trial of former Anglo chairman told to return in June as legal argument continues. Charges or matters: 27 offences under the Companies Act, 1990. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- June 4 Adjournment
- June 2 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 14 Hearing Or Sentence
- May 29 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 16 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2002 to 2007 Other
- 2015-05-21 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: 27 offences under the Companies Act, 1990 (Alleged Or Contested)
Outcome: The start of evidence has been adjourned four times while the legal argument went on.
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