Court told FitzPatrick trial significantly over-running

The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick for allegedly misleading auditors about multi-million euro loans is significantly over-running, a judge has said.

Mr FitzPatrick, aged 68, of Whitshed Road, Greystones, Co Wicklow has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of making a misleading, false or deceptive statement to auditors and six charges of furnishing false information in the years 2002 to 2007.

Yesterday morning Judge John Aylmer told the jury, which has so far only heard a summary of the allegation, the trial would now likely run to the end of February.