Struck-off solicitor sent for trial over alleged theft of €52m

Struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne has been sent forward for trial accused of stealing approximately €52m in connection with mortgages taken out on more than 20 properties in Dublin.

Today the 45-year-old made his third appearance at Dublin District Court. The ex-lawyer, who formerly had a solicitor's practice in Walkinstown, in Dublin, was served with a four-volume book of evidence, by Det Sergeant Paschal Walsh, of the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation.