John Bowe pleads not guilty to conspiracy charge

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John Bowe pleaded not guilty to conspiring to mislead investors at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 27 April 2016. The alleged financial transactions involved Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Life & Permanent between March and September 2008.

Bowe, a former head of capital markets at Anglo Irish Bank, told investigators he had only peripheral awareness of the Irish Life & Permanent deals and did not consider them wrong, although they were large and unusual. The trial was continuing.