DPP action may signal move to prosecute FitzPatrick

A SURPRISE move by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to halt a public interrogation of former Anglo Irish Bank boss Sean FitzPatrick intensifies speculation that he faces criminal prosecution.

Mr FitzPatrick, who has been interviewed by Garda fraud investigators but has not been charged with any offence, faced questioning in public at the Complaints Committee of the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board (CARB) hearing into his activities at Anglo Irish Bank, which was scheduled to commence on April 4.

The CARB has confirmed it had adjourned its disciplinary proceedings against Mr FitzPatrick following a request from DPP James Hamilton.