FitzPatrick pleads for privacy after acquittal

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick has been acquitted on all counts of permitting illegal lending for the purchase of Anglo shares.

Just after 5pm yesterday, Mr FitzPatrick was found not guilty of 10 counts of illegal lending after the jury deliberated for 13-and-a-half hours over four days.

Judge Martin Nolan last week ordered the jury to acquit Mr FitzPatrick of another six counts of illegal lending due to lack of evidence.