I was anxious to help Anglo, says property developer

One of the so-called Maple 10 group has told a court Anglo Irish Bank was very good to him in business - and that he was anxious to help when approached to buy its shares in July 2008.

Property developer John McCabe was giving evidence in the trial of former Anglo executives Pat Whelan, Willie McAteer and Sean FitzPatrick who deny providing unlawful financial assistance to 16 individuals to buy the bank's shares.