Illness latest delay to Sean FitzPatrick trial

The judge in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick has told the jury an illness is causing difficulty in a trial which has been repeatedly delayed for the last three weeks.

Illness latest delay to Sean FitzPatrick trial

On April 14, Mr FitzPatrick, aged 66, of Whitshed Road, Greystones, Co Wicklow pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 27 offences under the Companies Act, 1990. These include 21 charges of making a misleading, false or deceptive statement to auditors and six charges of furnishing false information.

The charges are in connection with the disclosure of loans allegedly given to him or people connected to him by Irish Nationwide Building Society from 2002 to 2007 while he was an officer of Anglo Irish Bank.

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