Sutton application for legal costs refused

A former building society manager who was cleared of fraudulently laundering €1.1m for builders has had his application for the costs of his trial rejected by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Shane Sutton (aged 42), of Glenbrien, The Lodge, Howth Road, Clontarf was found not guilty on day-three of his recent trial when Judge Nolan directed the jury to acquit him on all 47 counts alleging money-laundering the proceeds of a tax fraud scam for members of the construction industry.