Shambles throws up valuable lessons

Potential conflicts of interest and incompetencies evident in the prosecution of Sean FitzPatrick speak volumes about our attitudes to white-collar crime, writes Michael Clifford.

Two elements which were key to the collapse of the prosecution of Sean FitzPatrick speak volumes about attitudes to white collar crime in this country.

Yesterday, Judge John Aylmer instructed the jury to find Mr FitzPatrick not guilty of 27 charges relating to the concealment of hundreds of millions of loans from his time as chairman of Anglo Irish Bank.