FitzPatrick served with boxes of evidence

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman and chief executive Sean FitzPatrick has been returned for trial accused of hiding from the bank’s auditors the true value of multimillion-euro loans.

Boxes of evidence were served by a fraud squad detective in a Dublin court yesterday morning as Mr FitzPatrick was sent forward for trial on 12 counts of breaking company law.

The bankrupt businessman has not yet indicated how he will plead and will remain on bail, but was told he cannot leave the country unless he gives 48 hours’advance notice to gardaí.