Seán FitzPatrick seeks State payment for illegal-loan trial costs

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Seán FitzPatrick sought State payment for legal costs from his illegal-loan criminal trial at a court hearing reported on 26 May 2014.

He had been acquitted of giving illegal loans to 16 people to buy Anglo Irish Bank shares. His lawyers asked Judge Martin Nolan to set a date for submissions on whether the State should pay the defence costs.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.