Ex-lawyer faces trial accused of stealing €52m

Struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne has been sent forward for trial accused of stealing approximately €52m in connection with mortgages taken out on more than 20 properties in Dublin.

The 45-year-old made his third appearance at Dublin District Court yesterday.

The ex-lawyer, who formerly had a solicitor’s practice in Walkinstown, in Dublin, was served with a four-volume book of evidence by Det Sgt Paschal Walsh, of the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation.