Byrne trial shown files on stamp duty payments

The €52m theft and fraud trial of ex-solicitor Thomas Byrne has been shown files showing he paid stamp duty on multiple properties he allegedly fraudulently took possession of.

Byrne trial shown files on stamp duty payments

Mr Byrne, aged 47, of Walkinstown Rd, Crumlin, is accused of theft and fraud offences totalling €51.8m. Most of the counts allege he transferred clients’ homes into his name and used them as collateral for loans.

He has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 51 counts of theft, forgery, using forged documents, and deception between 2004 and 2007.

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