Anglo trial: Jury’s role is ‘not to satisfy baying of mob’

The jury members in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives accused has been told they are not there to “satisfy the baying for blood of the mob”.

During his closing speech, defence counsel Brendan Grehan SC said nobody in the country had been unaffected by the collapse of the banks but that this trial was about a separate issue.

He referred to wage cuts, the loss of increments and the things that “really get people angry” like fewer hours for a Special Needs Assistant for a child or home help for a parent.