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.

Struck-off solicitor sent for trial over alleged theft of €52m
Fri, 02 Mar, 2012 - 12:24

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.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: DublinPlace: WalkinstownPlace: Upper Dorset StreetPlace: Dublin 1Place: Walkinstown Road, Dublin 12Place: Aungier StPlace: Dublin 2Person: Thomas ByrnePerson: Paschal WalshPerson: SolicitorPerson: Catherine IrvinePerson: JudgePerson: Denis McLoughlinPerson: ByrnePerson: McLoughlinPerson: Seán Ó SiothcháinPerson: David ChristiePerson: OPerson: SiothchainOrganisation: Dublin District CourtOrganisation: Garda Bureau of Fraud InvestigationOrganisation: DPPOrganisation: Dublin Circuit Criminal CourtOrganisation: Permanent TSBOrganisation: National Irish BankOrganisation: IIBOrganisation: Irish Nationwide Building SocietyOrganisation: EBSOrganisation: Anglo Irish BankOrganisation: Bank of ScotlandOrganisation: District Court
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